LMS Jubilee Class 4-6-0
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45699 Galatea on the Great Britain XI railtour at Dunkeld, 23 of April, 2018 Photo by big55012
- Designed by William Stanier, chief mechanical engineer of the London, Midland and Scottish Railway (LMS).
- These locomotives were similar to the 'Black Five', but the Jubilee class had 3-cylinders and larger 5'9" driving wheels, for use on express passenger trains.
- 191 locomotives of this class were built between 1934 and 1936, loco numbers 5552-5742
- Fifty of the class were built by North British Locomotive Company in Glasgow.
- 25 at Hyde Park Works (5557-5581), and 25 at Queens Park Works (5582-5606).
- BR database website notes the following early loco allocations:
- 5578, 5580, 5643, 5644 allocated to Aberdeen (29F) in November 1935.
- 5581, 5584 allocated to Perth South (29A) in November 1935.
- Renumbered to 45552-45742 by British Railway after nationalisation in 1948.
| Jubilee Class locos based in Scotland in 1950 | ||
| Perth (63A) | 3 locos | 45564 'New South Wales', 45575 'Madras', 45644 'Howe'. |
| Polmadie (66A) | 5 locos | 45579 'Punjab', 45583 'Assam', 45584 'North West Frontier', 45691 'Orion', 45692 'Cyclops'. |
| Corkerhill (67A) | 6 locos | 45560 'Prince Edward Island', 45576 'Bombay', 45643 'Rodney', 45645 'Collingwood', 45646 'Napier', 45693 'Agamemnon'. |
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| Jubilee Class locos based in Scotland in 1959 | ||
| Perth (63A) | 3 locos | 45673 'Keppel', 45692 'Cyclops', 45727 'Inflexible'. |
| Corkerhill (67A) | 8 locos | 45621 'Northern Rhodesia', 45665 'Lord Rutherford of Nelson', 45677 'Beatty', 45687 'Neptune', 45693 'Agamemnon', 45707 'Valiant', 45711 'Courageous', 45720 'Indomitable'. |
| from BR Steam Motive Power Depots - ScR, by Paul Bolger | ||
- A major reallocation of locomotives occurred in September 1952.
- From June 1960, all eleven of the Scottish Region's Jubilee class locos were based at Corkerhill.
- On 29 December 1962 the 11 ScR locos were withdrawn (the same date as the Royal Scot and Coronation class locos).
- Jubilee locos based in Northern England continued to work into Scotland for the next few years.
- Carlisle Kingmoor (12A) retained a number of Jubilee class locos until May 1965.
- The last of the Class was withdrawn from BR service in November 1967
- Flickr - 45565 on 'The South Yorkshireman' railtour to Glasgow, on 24 September 1966.
- Flickr - 45730 at Aberdeen, 4 July 1959
See Also
- Trains of Scotland
- LMSR Class 5MT 4-6-0
- LMS Royal Scot Class 4-6-0?
- North British Locomotive Company
- Charter Trains 2009
- Charter Trains 2010
- Charter Trains 2016
- Charter Trains 2018
- Charter Trains 2023
External Links
- BR database - LMS Stanier "6P" Class 4-6-0 - 'Jubilee'
- Jubilees.co.uk - The Jubilee Locomotives of the LMS
- Wikipedia - LMS Jubilee Class
- Preserved British Steam Locomotives - 45552 – 45742 4-6-0 LMS Stanier Jubilee
- Flickr Scottish Steam 1947-1967 - Jubilee class