202 LMS Stanier Class 5 45231 The Sherwood Forrester (1936)

202 LMS Stanier Class 5 45231 The Sherwood Forrester (1936)

Wheel Configuration Whyte 4-6-0

Length 63 feet 7.75 inches

Tractive Effort 25,455 lb foot

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45231 (5231) was one of 842 Stanier Class 5 4-6-0, commonly known as the Black Five as mixed traffic, jack of all trades, locomotives which where the workhorses of the post nationalisation steam engines

 

The Sherwood Forrester is a preserved Stanier Class 5 4-6-0 locomotive built by Armstrong Whitworth for the LMS (London Midland Scottish Railways) in August 1936, originally carrying the number 5231. It spent most of its early career at Patricroft shed, working mainly to North Wales and Leeds. In 1954 it was transferred to Aston (Birmigham) were it remained for nine years after which it spent time at Rugby, Chester, Speke and Carnforth, still in use on the last day of steam, it was sold directly into preservation.

 

After being initially preserved at Carnforth, 5231 became associated with the preserved Great Central Railway (GCR) in Leicestershire. In 1973, it hauled the official opening train between Loughborough and Quorn. Never having carried a name in BR service, the locomotive was nonetheless named 3rd (Volunteer) Battalion The Worcestershire and Sherwood Foresters Regiment in 1976 before withdrawal in 1977 for overhaul. Returning to the GCR after a spell with the Nene Valley Railways it returned to the GCR for the filming of the feature film Shadowlands, about the life of C S Lewis. in 1997 it was painter BR Black and aquired its present name The Sherwood Forester

 

Shot 27.06.2022 at Rugeley Trent Valley Station Ref 141-202

 

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