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The London Midland and Scottish Railway's Class 5 4-6-0, almost universally known as the Black Five, is a class of steam locomotive

Steam locomotive

A steam locomotive is a railway locomotive that produces its power through a steam engine. These locomotives are fueled by burning some combustible material, usually coal, wood or oil, to produce steam in a boiler, which drives the steam engine...

. It was introduced by William Stanier

William Stanier

Sir William Arthur Stanier, FRS was Chief Mechanical Engineer of the London, Midland and Scottish Railway.- Biography :...

in 1934 and 842 were built between then and 1951. Members of the class survived to the last day of steam on British Railways in 1968, and eighteen are preserved.

Origins

The Black Fives were a mixed traffic locomotive, a "do-anything go-anywhere" type, designed by Stanier, who had previously been with the GWR

Great Western Railway

The Great Western Railway was a British railway company that linked London with the south-west and west of England and most of Wales. It was founded in 1833, received its enabling Act of Parliament in 1835 and ran its first trains in 1838...

. In his early LMS days, he designed his Stanier Mogul 2-6-0

LMS Stanier Mogul

The London Midland and Scottish Railway Stanier 2-6-0 or Stanier Mogul is a class of 2-6-0 mixed traffic steam locomotive. Forty were built between October 1933 and March 1934.- Overview :...

in which he experimented with the GWR school of thought on Locomotive design. A number of details in this design he would never use again realising the superiority of details not used on the GWR. Stanier realised that there was a need for larger locomotives. These were to be the LMS's version of the GWR Halls

GWR 4900 Class

The Great Western Railway 4900 Class or Hall Class is a class of 4-6-0 mixed traffic steam locomotives designed by Charles Collett. A total of 259 were built, numbered 4900–4999, 5900–5999 and 6900–6958. The LMS Stanier Class 5 4-6-0 and LNER Thompson Class B1 both drew heavily on design features...

but not a copy, as the Hall was too wide to run most places in Britain. They shared similar cylinder arrangement (two outside), internal boiler design and size and 6 foot driving wheel

Driving wheel

On a steam locomotive, a driving wheel is a powered wheel which is driven by the locomotive's pistons...

diameters.

In their early days the locomotives were known as the "Black Staniers" from their black livery, in contrast to Stanier's other class of 4-6-0, the LMS Stanier Jubilee Class, which were painted crimson

Crimson

Crimson is a strong, bright, deep red color. It is originally the color of the dye produced from a scale insect, Kermes vermilio, but the name is now also used as a generic term for those slightly bluish-red colors that are between red and rose; besides crimson itself, these colors include...

(and known until April 1935 as the "Red Staniers"). Later on, the nickname of the former became "Black Five", the number referring to the power classification. This was originally 5P5F, but from 1940 was shown on cabsides as the simple figure 5.

Construction

There were a number of detail variations in the locomotives and they did not all remain in the same condition as built. Some locomotives built under British Railways administration were used as test beds for various design modifications with a view to incorporating the successful modifications in the Standard Classes of locomotives built from 1951 onwards. These modifications included outside Caprotti valve gear

Caprotti valve gear

The Caprotti valve gear is a type of steam engine valve gear invented in the early 1920's by Italian architect and engineer Arturo Caprotti. It uses camshafts and poppet valves rather than the piston valves used in other valve gear...

, roller bearings (both Timken

Timken Company

The Timken Company is a global manufacturer of bearings, alloy steels, and related components and assemblies.- History :The company was founded by Henry Timken in St. Louis, Missouri in 1899 and incorporated as The Timken Roller Bearing Axle Company. A year earlier, in 1898, Timken got a patent...

and Skefco types) on the coupled and tender axles in varying combinations and an experimental steel firebox. Other locomotives had modified draughting to "self clean" the smokebox (thereby reducing turn-around and disposal times and eliminating or mitigating one of the most unpopular jobs).

The domeless engines

Numbering started from 5000

LMS Stanier Class 5 4-6-0 5000

LMS Stanier Class 5 4-6-0 number 5000 is a preserved British steam locomotive. It is part of the National Railway Collection.- Service :5000 was built at Crewe in 1935 and was initially the first numerically of its class. It however was not the first to be built because the Vulcan Foundry had...

, with the first twenty being ordered from Crewe Works

Crewe Works

Crewe railway works is a British railway engineering facility built in 1840 by the Grand Junction Railway. It is located in the town of Crewe, in the county of Cheshire....

and a further eighty from the Vulcan Foundry

Vulcan Foundry

Vulcan Foundry was a British locomotive builder sited at Newton-le-Willows, Lancashire .-History:It was originally opened in 1832 as Charles Tayleur and Company to produce girders for bridges, switches and crossings, and other ironwork following the opening of the Liverpool and Manchester Railway...

. The first to emerge was the first Vulcan Foundry engine, 5020, in 1934; the first Crewe-built engine, 5000

LMS Stanier Class 5 4-6-0 5000

not completed until 1935. The originals were built with domeless, straight throatplate boilers with low degree superheat (14 elements). However, many received later type boilers later in their lives.

The pre-war domed engines

A further 227 were ordered from Armstrong-Whitworth in 1936, the largest single locomotive order ever given by a British railway to an outside contractor. Crewe built a further 142. These had domed high degree superheat

Superheat

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boilers.

5471, built at Crewe in 1938 would be the last built for five years. During the early stages of the Second World War, the priority was for heavy freight engines and the closely related 8Fs

LMS Stanier Class 8F

The London Midland and Scottish Railway's 8F class 2-8-0 heavy freight locomotive is a class of steam locomotive designed for hauling heavy freight...

were produced in vast numbers.

Wartime and postwar domed engines

In 1943, construction was restarted with Derby Works

Derby Works

The Midland Railway Locomotive Works, known locally as "the loco" comprised a number of British manufacturing facilities in Derby building locomotives and, initially, rolling stock in Derby, UK.-Early days:...

building its first. However, after number 5499 was built, the numbering block hit that of the Patriot Class

LMS Patriot Class

The Patriot Class was a class of 52 express passenger steam locomotives built for the London Midland and Scottish Railway. The first locomotive of the class was built in 1930 and the last in 1934. All of the Patriot class locomotives were withdrawn from service by 1965...

and so new engines were numbered from 4800 onwards. However, after another 200 were built, they again ran out of numbers, so they started numbering below 4800. By this time, the LMS had been nationalised into British Railways and BR added 40000 to all their numbers. Eventually the 842 examples would number 44658–45499.

Ivatt engines and experimental modifications

Post-war examples were built with forward topfeeds and Nos 44658-767 had a longer wheelbase (27ft 6in rather than 27ft 2in, with the change in the coupled wheelbase from 7ft + 8ft to 7ft + 8ft 3in). In 1948, George Ivatt

George Ivatt

Henry George Ivatt known as George Ivatt, was the post-war Chief Mechanical Engineer of the London Midland and Scottish Railway. He was the son of the Great Northern Railway locomotive engineer Henry Ivatt....

introduced more modifications to bearings and valve gear. 4767 was built with Stephenson link motion

Stephenson valve gear

The Stephenson valve gear or Stephenson link or shifting link is a simple design of valve gear that was widely used throughout the world for all kinds of steam engine. It is named after Robert Stephenson but was actually invented by his employees....

in 1947. 44738-57 were built with Caprotti valve gear

Caprotti valve gear

. The last two, 44686 and 44687 built at Horwich

Horwich Works

Horwich Works was a railway works built in 1886 by the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway in Horwich, near Bolton, in the North West of England when the company moved from its original works at Miles Platting, Manchester.-Buildings:...

in 1951, had even more modifications.

Construction details

LMS No.	BR No.	Lot No.	Date	Built at	Boiler type	Valve gear (Walschaerts unless stated)	Bearings (plain unless stated)	Additional notes
	44658–67	199	1949	Crewe Crewe Works Crewe railway works is a British railway engineering facility built in 1840 by the Grand Junction Railway. It is located in the town of Crewe, in the county of Cheshire....	Forward topfeed			Coupled wheelbase 7'+ 8'3"
-	44668/9	199	1949	Horwich Horwich Works Horwich Works was a railway works built in 1886 by the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway in Horwich, near Bolton, in the North West of England when the company moved from its original works at Miles Platting, Manchester.-Buildings:...	Forward topfeed		Skefco roller bearings on driving axles	Coupled wheelbase 7'+ 8'3"
-	44670–7	199	1950	Horwich	Forward topfeed		Skefco roller bearings on driving axles	Coupled wheelbase 7'+ 8'3"
-	44678–85	199	1950	Horwich	Forward topfeed		Skefco roller bearings throughout	Coupled wheelbase 7'+ 8'3"
-	44686/7	199	1951	Horwich	Forward topfeed	British Caprotti	Skefco roller bearings throughout	Coupled wheelbase 7'+ 8'3"
-	44688–97	199	1950	Horwich	Forward topfeed		Timken roller bearings on driving axles	Coupled wheelbase 7'+ 8'3"
-	44698–717	192	1948	Horwich	Forward topfeed			Coupled wheelbase 7'+ 8'3"
-	44718–27	192	1948	Crewe	Forward topfeed			Steel firebox, Coupled wheelbase 7'+ 8'3"
-	44728–37	192	1948	Crewe	Forward topfeed			Coupled wheelbase 7'+ 8'3"
-	44738–47	187	1948	Crewe	Forward topfeed	Caprotti	Timken roller bearings throughout	Coupled wheelbase 7'+ 8'3"
4748–53	44748–53	187	1948	Crewe	Forward topfeed	Caprotti	Timken roller bearings throughout	Coupled wheelbase 7'+ 8'3"
-	44754–5	187	1948	Crewe	Forward topfeed	Caprotti		Coupled wheelbase 7'+ 8'3"
-	44756–7	187	1948	Crewe	Forward topfeed	Caprotti		double chimney, Coupled wheelbase 7'+ 8'3"
4758–66	44758–66	187	1947	Crewe	Forward topfeed		Timken roller bearings throughout	Coupled wheelbase 7'+ 8'3"
4767	44767	187	1948	Crewe	Forward topfeed	Stephenson link motion	Timken roller bearings throughout	double chimney, preserved - Coupled wheelbase 7'+ 8'3"
4768–82	44768–82	187	1947	Crewe	Forward topfeed
4783–99	44783–99	187	1947	Horwich	Forward topfeed
4800–6	44800–6	153	1944	Derby Derby Works The Midland Railway Locomotive Works, known locally as "the loco" comprised a number of British manufacturing facilities in Derby building locomotives and, initially, rolling stock in Derby, UK.-Early days:...	Domed
4807–25	44807–25	170	1944	Derby	Domed
4826–60	44826–60	170	1945	Derby	Domed
4861–71	44861–71	170	1945	Crewe	Domed
4872–920	44872–920	174	1945	Crewe	Domed
4921–31	44921–31	174	1945	Crewe	Domed
4932–43	44932–43	174	1945	Horwich	Domed
4944–66	44944–66	174	1946	Horwich	Domed
4967–81	44967–81	174	1946	Crewe	Domed
4982–90	44982–90	183	1946	Horwich	Domed
4991–6	44991–6	183	1947	Horwich	Domed
4997–9	44997–9	187	1947	Horwich	Forward topfeed
5000–19	45000–19	114	1935	Crewe	Domeless
5020–65	45020–65	119	1934	Vulcan Foundry Vulcan Foundry Vulcan Foundry was a British locomotive builder sited at Newton-le-Willows, Lancashire .-History:It was originally opened in 1832 as Charles Tayleur and Company to produce girders for bridges, switches and crossings, and other ironwork following the opening of the Liverpool and Manchester Railway...	Domeless
5066–9	45066–9	119	1935	Vulcan Foundry	Domeless
5070–4	45070–4	122	1935	Crewe	Domeless
5075–5124	45075–5124	123	1935	Vulcan Foundry	Domeless
5125–5224	45125–5224	124	1935	Armstrong Whitworth Armstrong Whitworth Sir W G Armstrong Whitworth & Co Ltd was a major British manufacturing company of the early years of the 20th century. Headquartered in Elswick, Newcastle upon Tyne, Armstrong Whitworth engaged in the construction of armaments, ships, locomotives, automobiles, and aircraft.-History:In 1847,...	Domeless
5225–98	45225–98	131	1936	Armstrong Whitworth	Domed
5299–5451	45299–5451	131	1937	Armstrong Whitworth	Domed
5452–71	45452–71	142	1938	Crewe	Domed
5472–81	45472–81	151	1943	Derby	Domed
5482–91	45482–91	152	1944	Derby	Domed
5492–9	45492–9	153	1944	Derby	Domed

Names

Only five Black Fives received names, though several have been named in preservation (see below). All of them were named after Scottish regiments. Four of them retained their names into British Railways days, but No 5155, which carried the name The Queens Edinburgh during the Second World War, later had its name removed.

Stanier Class 5 4-6-0 names
LMS No.	BR No.	Name	Date named	Name removed
5154	45154	Lanarkshire Yeomanry Lanarkshire Yeomanry The Lanarkshire Yeomanry was a yeomanry regiment of the British Army, first raised in 1819, which served as a dismounted infantry regiment in the First World War and provided two field artillery regiments in the Second World War, before being amalgamated into The Queen's Own Lowland Yeomanry in...	1937
5155	45155	The Queens Edinburgh	1942	1944
5156	45156	Ayrshire Yeomanry	1936
5157	45157	The Glasgow Highlander	1936
5158	45158	Glasgow Yeomanry	1936

Withdrawal

45401 was the first Black Five to be withdrawn from stock in 1961, with the remainder following between 1962 and 1968. Members of the class survived to the last day of steam on BR in 1968.

Summary of withdrawals
Year	No. withdrawn	No(s)
1961	1	45401
1962	21	etc.
1963	29	etc.
1964	67	etc.
1965	97	etc.
1966	171	etc.
1967	305	etc.
1968	151	44663–5/72/83–90 44708/9/11/3/5/28/35/58/61/77/80/1 44800/2–4/6/7/9/15/6/8/29/36/8/42/5/6/8/51/5/64/8/71/4/7/8/84/8–91/4/7/9 44903/6/10/26/9/32/40/2/7/9/50/63/5/71 45001/5/13/7/25/7/34/8/46/54/5/65/73/6/95/6 45101/4/10/431/3/4/49/50/6/87/90 45200–3/6/9/12/27/31/53–5/8/60/2/8/9/79/82/4/7/90/4/6 45305/10/2/6/8/30/42/5/50/3/75/6/81/2/6/8/90–2/4/5/7 45407/11/20/1/4/6/35/6/4/5/7/93

Preservation

Eighteen locomotives have been preserved:

Number		Builder	Location	Status
LMS	BR	Builder	Location	Status
4767 LMS Stanier Class 5 4-6-0 44767 London Midland and Scottish Railway Stanier Black Five, LMS number 4767, BR number 44767 is a preserved steam locomotive. In preservation it has carried the name George Stephenson though it never bore this in service.- Service :...	44767 LMS Stanier Class 5 4-6-0 44767 London Midland and Scottish Railway Stanier Black Five, LMS number 4767, BR number 44767 is a preserved steam locomotive. In preservation it has carried the name George Stephenson though it never bore this in service.- Service :...			Operational, having returned to steam in 2010
4806 LMS 5MT Black 5 44806 LMS Stanier Class 5 4-6-0 No. 44806 is a preserved British steam locomotive. It was built at Derby in 1944.- Service history :Numbered 4806 by the LMS, after nationalisation in 1948, she had 40000 added to her number under British Railways...	44806 LMS 5MT Black 5 44806 LMS Stanier Class 5 4-6-0 No. 44806 is a preserved British steam locomotive. It was built at Derby in 1944.- Service history :Numbered 4806 by the LMS, after nationalisation in 1948, she had 40000 added to her number under British Railways...		Llangollen Railway Llangollen Railway The Llangollen Railway is a volunteer-run preserved railway in Denbighshire, Wales, which operates between Llangollen and Carrog; at long, it is the longest preserved standard gauge line in Wales and operates daily in Summer as well as weekends throughout the Winter months using a wide variety of...	Operational
4871	44871		East Lancashire Railway East Lancashire Railway The East Lancashire Railway is a heritage railway in Lancashire and Greater Manchester, England.-Overview:After formal closure by British Rail in 1982, the line was reopened on 25 July 1987. The initial service operated between Bury and Ramsbottom, via Summerseat. In 1991 the service was extended...	Operational and mainline certified; owned by Ian Riley, returned to steam in 2009
4901	44901		Vale of Glamorgan Railway Vale of Glamorgan Railway The Barry Tourist Railway is a railway developed to attract visitors to Barry in the Vale of Glamorgan, South Wales...	Awaiting restoration from Barry Scrapyard condition
4932	44932		West Coast Railway Company West Coast Railway Company West Coast Railways, also known as West Coast Railway Company, is a railway spot-hire company and charter train operator, based at Carnforth in Lancashire, on the site of the old Steamtown heritage depot...	Mainline operational
5000 LMS Stanier Class 5 4-6-0 5000 LMS Stanier Class 5 4-6-0 number 5000 is a preserved British steam locomotive. It is part of the National Railway Collection.- Service :5000 was built at Crewe in 1935 and was initially the first numerically of its class. It however was not the first to be built because the Vulcan Foundry had...	45000 LMS Stanier Class 5 4-6-0 5000 LMS Stanier Class 5 4-6-0 number 5000 is a preserved British steam locomotive. It is part of the National Railway Collection.- Service :5000 was built at Crewe in 1935 and was initially the first numerically of its class. It however was not the first to be built because the Vulcan Foundry had...		National Railway Museum National Railway Museum The National Railway Museum is a museum in York forming part of the British National Museum of Science and Industry and telling the story of rail transport in Britain and its impact on society. It has won many awards, including the European Museum of the Year Award in 2001...	On static display
5025	45025		Strathspey Railway	Stored awaiting overhaul; work expected to commence in 2011
5110 LMS Stanier Class 5 4-6-0 5110 London Midland and Scottish Railway Stanier Class 5 4-6-0 No. 5110 is a preserved British steam locomotive. It has carried the name RAF Biggin Hill in preservation, though it never carried this in service....	45110 LMS Stanier Class 5 4-6-0 5110 London Midland and Scottish Railway Stanier Class 5 4-6-0 No. 5110 is a preserved British steam locomotive. It has carried the name RAF Biggin Hill in preservation, though it never carried this in service....		Barrow Hill Engine Shed Barrow Hill Engine Shed Barrow Hill Roundhouse & Railway Centre, until 1948 known as Staveley Roundhouse & Train Centre, is a former Midland Railway roundhouse in Barrow Hill, near Staveley and Chesterfield, Derbyshire .-History:...	In storage. Normally based at the Severn Valley Railway Severn Valley Railway The Severn Valley Railway is a heritage railway in Shropshire and Worcestershire, England. The line runs along the Severn Valley from Bridgnorth to Kidderminster, following the course of the River Severn for much of its route... but after expiry of 10 year boiler certificate in August 2008, moved to Barrow Hill for storage in early 2009 for at least two years. The tender returned to SVR for use with Stanier Mogul 42968.
5163	45163		Colne Valley Railway Colne Valley Railway The Colne Valley Railway is a heritage railway based at Castle Hedingham Station, near Halstead in Essex, England. The railway consists of a mile-long running line, with a fully reconstructed station, signal box and railway yard...	Under restoration
5212	45212		Keighley and Worth Valley Railway Keighley and Worth Valley Railway The Keighley and Worth Valley Railway is a long branch line that served mills and villages in the Worth Valley and is now a heritage railway line in West Yorkshire, England. It runs from Keighley to Oxenhope. It connects to the national rail network line at Keighley railway station...	Operational. Boiler ticket expires Autumn 2011.
5231 LMS Stanier Class 5 4-6-0 5231 London Midland and Scottish Railway Stanier Class 5 4-6-0 No. 5231 is a preserved British steam locomotive...	45231 LMS Stanier Class 5 4-6-0 5231 London Midland and Scottish Railway Stanier Class 5 4-6-0 No. 5231 is a preserved British steam locomotive...		Great Central Railway Great Central Railway (preserved) The Great Central Railway is a heritage railway split into two adjacent sections, one in Leicestershire and the other Nottinghamshire.The Leicestershire section is currently Britain's only double track mainline heritage railway, with of working double track, period signalling, locomotives and...	Operational and mainline certified
5293	45293		Colne Valley Railway Colne Valley Railway The Colne Valley Railway is a heritage railway based at Castle Hedingham Station, near Halstead in Essex, England. The railway consists of a mile-long running line, with a fully reconstructed station, signal box and railway yard...	Under restoration
5305 LMS Stanier Class 5 4-6-0 5305 London Midland and Scottish Railway Stanier Class 5 4-6-0 No. 5305 is a preserved British steam locomotive. In preservation, it has carried the name Alderman A.E. Draper, though it never carried this in service.- Service :5305 was built by Armstrong-Whitworth of Newcastle-on-Tyne in 1936, works...	45305 LMS Stanier Class 5 4-6-0 5305 London Midland and Scottish Railway Stanier Class 5 4-6-0 No. 5305 is a preserved British steam locomotive. In preservation, it has carried the name Alderman A.E. Draper, though it never carried this in service.- Service :5305 was built by Armstrong-Whitworth of Newcastle-on-Tyne in 1936, works...		Great Central Railway Great Central Railway (preserved) The Great Central Railway is a heritage railway split into two adjacent sections, one in Leicestershire and the other Nottinghamshire.The Leicestershire section is currently Britain's only double track mainline heritage railway, with of working double track, period signalling, locomotives and...	Operational, mainline certified and based at Great Central Railway Loughborough. Boiler certificate expires 2020. Owned by The Draper Family, Hull.
5337	45337		East Lancashire Railway East Lancashire Railway The East Lancashire Railway is a heritage railway in Lancashire and Greater Manchester, England.-Overview:After formal closure by British Rail in 1982, the line was reopened on 25 July 1987. The initial service operated between Bury and Ramsbottom, via Summerseat. In 1991 the service was extended...	Operational; returned to steam September 2010
5379	45379		Mid-Hants Railway	Operational; returned to steam 10 September 2010
5407 LMS Stanier Class 5 4-6-0 45407 LMS Stanier Class 5 4-6-0 45407 'The Lancashire Fusilier' is a LMS Stanier Class 5 4-6-0 locomotive engine built at Armstrong Whitworth in 1937.It is one of 18 surviving Black 5's.- Shed allocations :During its working life no...	45407 LMS Stanier Class 5 4-6-0 45407 LMS Stanier Class 5 4-6-0 45407 'The Lancashire Fusilier' is a LMS Stanier Class 5 4-6-0 locomotive engine built at Armstrong Whitworth in 1937.It is one of 18 surviving Black 5's.- Shed allocations :During its working life no...		East Lancashire Railway East Lancashire Railway The East Lancashire Railway is a heritage railway in Lancashire and Greater Manchester, England.-Overview:After formal closure by British Rail in 1982, the line was reopened on 25 July 1987. The initial service operated between Bury and Ramsbottom, via Summerseat. In 1991 the service was extended...	Operational and mainline certified; owned by Ian Riley.
5428	45428		North Yorkshire Moors Railway North Yorkshire Moors Railway The North Yorkshire Moors Railway is a heritage railway in North Yorkshire, England. First opened in 1836 as the Whitby and Pickering Railway, the railway was planned in 1831 by George Stephenson as a means of opening up trade routes inland from the then important seaport of Whitby. The line...	Operational; returned to steam April 2010.
5491	45491		Great Central Railway Great Central Railway (preserved) The Great Central Railway is a heritage railway split into two adjacent sections, one in Leicestershire and the other Nottinghamshire.The Leicestershire section is currently Britain's only double track mainline heritage railway, with of working double track, period signalling, locomotives and...	Under restoration

Summary

LMS Crewe Works (4) – 44767 George Stevenson, 44871, 44901, 45000
LMS Derby Works (2) – 44806 Magpie/Kenneth Aldcroft, 45491
LMS Horwich Works (1) – 44932
Vulcan Foundry (2) – 45025, 45110 Raf Biggin Hill
Armstrong Whitworth & Co. (9) – 45163, 45212, 45231, 45293, 45305, 45337, 45379, 45407, 45428

In fiction

In The Railway Series

The Railway Series

The Railway Series is a set of story books about a railway system located on the fictional Island of Sodor. There are 42 books in the series, the first being published in 1945. Twenty-six were written by the Rev. W. Awdry, up to 1972. A further 16 were written by his son, Christopher Awdry; 14...

children's books by the Rev. W. Awdry, the character Henry the Green Engine
Henry the Green Engine
Henry the Green Engine is a fictional anthropomorphic 4-6-0 steam locomotive from The Railway Series books written by the Reverend Wilbert Vere Awdry and his son, Christopher Awdry, and the spin-off children's television series, Thomas the Tank Engine and Friends.Henry lives on the fictitious...

, in his later form, is based on a Black Five.

In the film The Virgin Soldiers

The Virgin Soldiers

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, the locomotive destroyed in the train crash scene was 4781, the only one of the four Fifteen Guinea Special

Fifteen Guinea Special

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engines not preserved.

The locomotive in Magritte's picture Time Transfixed
Time Transfixed
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is a Black Five.

The locomotive is included in the train simulator Railworks

RailWorks

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