DSC_1178 20th June 2019 Ealing Broadway
Stanier Black 5 4-6-0 44871 simmers on the rear of the 5Z21 08.44 Southall WCR to London Paddington ecs move, passing through Ealing Broadway 6 minutes late. 44871 went on to work a Steam Dreams 1Z22 09.45 London Paddington to Bristol Temple Meads charter.
1Z22 09.45 London Paddington to Bristol Temple Meads stock:
44871 99035 5171 9104 13440 3106 3136 3181 1666 5236 5249
4871 was built at Crewe in 1945 and later renumbered 44871 following nationalisation in 1948. 44871 was one of the locomotives used to haul the Fifteen Guinea Special on 11th August 1968 in tandem with 44781 on the Carlisle to Manchester leg. Its final BR shed allocation was Carnforth and it was withdrawn from service on 12th August 1968, the day after the Fifteen Guinea Special run.
44871 remained at Carnforth which became Steamtown museum after being purchased by Dr Peter Beet and Graham Ellis. In 1974 Sir Bill McAlpine became a shareholder and subsequently he acquired a controlling interest in the company. Steamtown closed in 1997 but remains a working railway facility as the home to West Coast Railway Company.
Whilst Steamtown was open, and once the ban on operating steam trains on the main line was lifted in 1972, Carnforth was used as a base to operate trains to York and to Sellafield. The first test run took place to Ulverston with 44871 and 44932 preceded special trains to Barrow in Furness. At this time it carried the name Sovereign.
44871 also worked on the West Highland line from Fort William to Mallaig during the late 1980s and early 1990s.
For some years in the late 1970s the locomotive carried the name Sovereign.
In 2006 44871 was sold to Riley and Son (E) Ltd who operate a railway locomotive engineering and refurbishment company, based in Bury. This followed the death of Dr Beet in late 2005. Graham Ellis moved to the Isle of Mull in 1972 which had reduced his involvement with Steamtown.
44871 ran again under its own steam in 2009 and at the end of the year undertook load testing runs on the main line. It was returned to main line running again and after an absence of 17 years, it returned to Fort William in 2010 working the Jacobite service. At that time it had 10″ cabside numerals and 65J (Fort William – Mallaig) shed plate.
Whilst based on the East Lancs Railway 44871 has regularly performed on the North Yorkshire Moors Railway as well as being used to haul a variety of train on the main line, often double heading with 45407.
Main line certificate valid until 2017 and boiler certificate 2020.
DSC_1178 20th June 2019 Ealing Broadway
Stanier Black 5 4-6-0 44871 simmers on the rear of the 5Z21 08.44 Southall WCR to London Paddington ecs move, passing through Ealing Broadway 6 minutes late. 44871 went on to work a Steam Dreams 1Z22 09.45 London Paddington to Bristol Temple Meads charter.
1Z22 09.45 London Paddington to Bristol Temple Meads stock:
44871 99035 5171 9104 13440 3106 3136 3181 1666 5236 5249
4871 was built at Crewe in 1945 and later renumbered 44871 following nationalisation in 1948. 44871 was one of the locomotives used to haul the Fifteen Guinea Special on 11th August 1968 in tandem with 44781 on the Carlisle to Manchester leg. Its final BR shed allocation was Carnforth and it was withdrawn from service on 12th August 1968, the day after the Fifteen Guinea Special run.
44871 remained at Carnforth which became Steamtown museum after being purchased by Dr Peter Beet and Graham Ellis. In 1974 Sir Bill McAlpine became a shareholder and subsequently he acquired a controlling interest in the company. Steamtown closed in 1997 but remains a working railway facility as the home to West Coast Railway Company.
Whilst Steamtown was open, and once the ban on operating steam trains on the main line was lifted in 1972, Carnforth was used as a base to operate trains to York and to Sellafield. The first test run took place to Ulverston with 44871 and 44932 preceded special trains to Barrow in Furness. At this time it carried the name Sovereign.
44871 also worked on the West Highland line from Fort William to Mallaig during the late 1980s and early 1990s.
For some years in the late 1970s the locomotive carried the name Sovereign.
In 2006 44871 was sold to Riley and Son (E) Ltd who operate a railway locomotive engineering and refurbishment company, based in Bury. This followed the death of Dr Beet in late 2005. Graham Ellis moved to the Isle of Mull in 1972 which had reduced his involvement with Steamtown.
44871 ran again under its own steam in 2009 and at the end of the year undertook load testing runs on the main line. It was returned to main line running again and after an absence of 17 years, it returned to Fort William in 2010 working the Jacobite service. At that time it had 10″ cabside numerals and 65J (Fort William – Mallaig) shed plate.
Whilst based on the East Lancs Railway 44871 has regularly performed on the North Yorkshire Moors Railway as well as being used to haul a variety of train on the main line, often double heading with 45407.
Main line certificate valid until 2017 and boiler certificate 2020.