Thursday 20th June 2019
In the pouring rain ~
Hauled by a Black Five steam locomotive, 44871, ten carriages with a diesel loco at the rear, the Steam Dreams tour London-Bristol on its return journey (via Salisbury) through the Warminster area, Thursday 20th June 2019.
Filmed by Danny Howell as it approached Norton Wood Plantation Bridge, Norton Bavant, at 7.00 p.m.
Black Fives were known as “do-anything and go-anywhere” locomotives. 18 Black Fives survived into preservation with several examples still working on the mainline railway. Members of the class that have feature on previous tours with The Steam Dreams Rail Co. include 45212, 44871, 45407, 45305 & 44932. The first class 5 locomotive was built for the London, Midland & Scottish Railway in 1934 to the design of Sir William Stanier. The new locomotives when built left the railway works in the standard mixed traffic black livery which soon earned them the nickname “Black Fives” for which they are still affectionately referred to today. The locomotives were capable of handling both express passenger and freight trains and were spread far and wide across the UK railway system. By the time the last Black Five was built in 1951, the class numbered 842 locomotives; one of the most numerous classes of British steam locomotives ever built.
For details of 44871 see:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LMS_Stanier_Class_5_4-6-0_4871