page_title: LMS Stanier Class 5 4-6-0
section_title: Names
hierarchical_section_title: LMS Stanier Class 5 4-6-0 / Names
caption_attribution_description: With regulator wide open, the safety valve has lifted on 'Blackie' No. 45154 "Lanarkshire Yeomanry" as she blasts out of the tunnel leading through Kentish Town station on a Midland express from St. Pancras. The fireman has put his injector on to bring the steam pressure down a little and stop the waste of precious steam from the safety valve. Included in spite of terrible scratching which I hope the viewer will excuse. Camera: Fed II 35mm. Film: Adox KB17
context_page_description: The London Midland and Scottish Railway Stanier Class 5 4-6-0, commonly known as the Black Five, is a class of 4-6-0 steam locomotives. It was introduced by William Stanier and built between 1934 and 1951, of which 842 were built and were numbered 4658-5499. Several members of the class survived to the last day of steam on British Railways in 1968, and eighteen are preserved.
context_section_description: Only five Black Fives received names during their mainline working lives, a small percentage of the total produced, although seven more have been named in preservation (see below). All of those named in mainline service were named after Scottish regiments. Locomotive 5155 carried the name The Queen's Edinburgh for only two years during the Second World War. Some sources have noted that no photographic confirmation of this naming is extant, although this is neither unique to the class, nor unexpected given restrictions on photography during wartime. The evidence for the naming of the locomotive is set out in full in various sources.
caption: A named LMS Black 5 No. 45154 Lanarkshire Yeomanry in 1960.
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