Lms Black 5 Tapestries

It's a damp misty autumn day on the North Yorkshire Moors as LMS Black 5 "Eric Treacy" leaves Goathland with a full head of steam! The Black Fives were a mixed traffic locomotive, a "do-anything go-anywhere" type, designed by William Stanier and several members of the class survived to the last day of steam on British Railways in 1968, with eighteen of the type making it into preservation.

A black and white image of 5428 LMS Class 5 or "Black Five" as the class is lovingly called. 5428 is a steam locomotive built in 1937 for the London, Midland and Scottish Railway (LMS). In 1967 it was withdrawn from British Rail service, preserved and named Eric Treacy after the former Bishop of Wakefield, an eminent railway photographer. The Black Fives were a mixed traffic locomotive, a "do-anything go-anywhere" type, designed by William Stanier and several members of the class survived to the last day of steam on British Railways in 1968, with eighteen of the type making it into preservation. 5428 is photographed here on the North Yorkshire Moors Railway near Goathland.

45212 has just had new tyres and was in service on the Keighley and Worth Valley Railway over Easter weekend. 45212 hauled the final steam-hauled revenue-earning service for British Railways on 4th August 1968.

45212 has just had new tyres and was in service on the Keighley and Worth Valley Railway over Easter weekend. 45212 hauled the final steam-hauled revenue-earning service for British Railways on 4th August 1968.