Hornby R3453 BR, Class 5Mt, 4-6-0, 45274 Black 5, Late BR

Hornby R3453

BR, Class 5MT, 4-6-0, 45274 Black 5, Late BR - Era 5

00 Gauge

On 4th August 1968, ‘Black Five’ No. 45212 was honoured by heading up the last steam hauled timetabled passenger train on British Railways.  The following week, on Sunday 11 August the final three ‘Black Fives’ worked the ’15 Guinea Special’ from Liverpool Lime Street to Carlisle, a 315 mile and an almost eleven hour journey. 

A total of 842 Class 5 locomotives were built between 1934 and 1952 of which only 5 were named, all after Scottish regiments. Since that time several of the 18 preserved examples of the Class have been named.

DCC Type: DCC Ready

Operator/Livery: Late BR, BR Lined Black

Class: Black Five

Designer: Sir William Stanier

Entered Service: 1930s

Purpose: Mixed Traffic

Special Features: NEM Couplings