Loose_Grip/Pete's photos with the keyword: 5

It takes years of real neglect to get as filthy as this unidentified Stanier Black 5. The cleaners (if there were still such things at Newton Heath loco shed in 1968) hadn't been near the cylinder and wheels of this example & no doubt it went to its grave with the accumulated grease & grime. The scrap men (and look away if you're sensitive) would set fire to the grease before cutting the engines up. This would burn away everything first so that their torches didn't start fires while they worked.

On a grey rainy (pre-Covid!) day Stanier Black 5 4-6-0 45305 runs round its train - the 11.15 ex-Loughborough - in Leicester North station. 45305 is currently undergoing a 10-year overhaul by custodians the 5305 Locomotive Association at Loughborough. If you wish to contribute financially and/or physically please get in touch via: www.facebook.com/5305LA www.5305la.org.uk

British Railways Standard 5 4-6-0 73156 takes the 12.50 service to Leicester North from platform 1 at Loughborough. HFF & have a great weekend.

I have just lit up British Railways Standard 5 4-6-0 73156 on shed at Loughborough but with no pressure in the boiler yet I can't operate the blower to clear the pungent green/brown smoke that is escaping from the firehole door as the fire gets going. Still it makes for an atmospheric scene.

There's a fence in there - really. HFF! British Railways Standard 5MT 4-6-0 73156 has just come off its train in platform 1 in order to run round. Fireman Pete is clearly enjoying himself on this fine engine.

The GCR's latest engine out of the works, British Railways Standard 5 4-6-0 73156, stands behind the Down Loop Starter. We were waiting for the stock of our 3rd train of the day to arrive in platform 1 and I was on my way to the porter’s room to make a mash of tea.

Loughborough yard and another Transport comparison shot: my 1978 Triumph Spitfire 1500 and British Railways Standard 5 4-6-0 73156. Not sure which I like best........

Neil adjusts the regulator and glances at the boiler water level as we climb out of Birstall on Stanier Black 5 4-6-0 45305 with the 14.00 train from Leicester North to Loughborough. The top gauge is the steam chest pressure gauge which is showing 100psi while the lower one is the vacuum gauge with 21 inches of mercury indicated.

British Railways Standard Caprotti 5 4-6-0 73129 approaching Leicester North.

British Railways Standard Caprotti 5 4-6-0 73129 in platform 2 ready to depart for Leicester North.

The view from British Railways Standard Caprotti 5 4-6-0 73129's tender in Loughborough shed yard with Empress Road bridge crossing the scene. Southern N15 4-6-0 777 on left & 8F 48305 boiler on right.

Detail of the safety valves of British Railways Standard Caprotti 5 4-6-0 73129

Loughborough works with LMS 8F 2-8-0 48305 in the throes of a heavy overhaul in the foreground. GWR Hall 4-6-0 6990 Witherslack Hall to the left with BR Standard 5 4-6-0 73156 behind. Class 33 diesel D6535 is undergoing bodywork repairs.

British Railways Standard 5 Caprotti 73129 approaches the Birstall foot crossing on the outskirts of Leicester.