LMS Stanier 5MT No.5428 'Eric Treacy' - New Exclusive from Railway Icons

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Railway Icons announce their latest exclusive model, the LMS Stanier 5MT 4-6-0, No.5428 ‘Eric Treacy’, produced by Hornby.

 

This exclusive model from Railway Icons is available in standard DCC Ready and DCC Sound Fitted at £229.99 and £279.99 respectively and can be reserved with a deposit on either Locomotion Models or Rails of Sheffield’s websites today, with delivery expected in November 2024. Don’t miss out, ensure you secure your model today to avoid disappointment!

 

Black Fives

The LMS Stanier Class 5 4-6-0, more commonly known as the ‘Black Five’ Class of locomotives were designed by Sir William Stanier and built between 1934 and 1951. Stanier became Chief Mechanical Engineer of the London, Midland, and Scottish Railway (LMS) in 1932, tasked with introducing new, more modern, and powerful designs of locomotive. Having worked previously as Works Manager for the Great Western Railway, Stanier recognised that with the LMS covering such a wide scope of the UK, there was a need for larger locomotives that could travel anywhere and do anything, resulting in the mixed traffic ‘Black Five’ Class for the 20th Century.

 

5428

No.5428, later 45428 under the BR numbering system, was built in 1937 by Sir W.G Armstrong Whitworth & Co in Newcastle upon Tyne as part of an order for 227 locomotives, the largest order ever placed with a private firm by a British railway company. 5428, which was part of Stanier’s ‘Black Five’ Class, entered service in 1937 at Leeds Holbeck depot, which provided such types of locomotives for both main line operations and special services, primarily from West Riding to Whitby.

After 30 years of service, 45428 hauled the final steam-worked London-bound express service from Bradford to Leeds in October 1967, before being withdrawn from service a week later as steam traction was no longer used in Leeds. Following withdrawal from service, 5428 was selected for preservation and travelled light engine to Birmingham Railway Museum at Tyseley in August 1968. Having been named ‘Eric Treacy’ after the renowned railway photographer, the engine then moved to the North Yorkshire Moors Railway (NYMR) in the 1970s and ran there until the late 1990s before being withdrawn for a complete overhaul. Having completed a £600,000 restoration programme, 45428 returned to service on the NYMR in 2010 after an eleven-year absence.

 

Eric Treacy

Eric Treacy, Bishop of Wakefield, an esteemed railway photographer began taking his photographs in 1932, shortly after joining the clergy. He became part of the Railway Photographic Society in 1935 and would often befriend drivers and firemen in his congregation who would subsequently often help to create smoke effects in his images.

Treacy would plan his photography days in advance, taking into account the weather, position of the sun at the time of the train’s arrival and in-depth knowledge of the locations.

Sadly, Treacy died suddenly in 1978 on Appleby Station while photographing the locomotive ‘Evening Star’, but his legacy lives on through his collection of railway photography which is now housed at the National Railway Museum in York.

 

Use the following link to pre-order your model today - https://www.locomotionmodels.com/railway-icons/lms-stanier-5mt-no-5428-eric-treacy

[Ian Hargrave]

Still available in both versions on the Locomotion website: for release November 2024…..even though it seems to have disappeared from the Rails site. Lamp ( one on buffer beam central ) black .Though this is only a pre production image it has to be said. Hopefully any outstanding issues will be absent by November.

[MikeParkin65]

Pretty sure last time I saw 5428 the middle tender wheel was unusual in being solid whilst the outer ones were  spoked. 

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18 minutes ago, MikeParkin65 said:

Pretty sure last time I saw 5428 the middle tender wheel was unusual in being solid whilst the outer ones were  spoked. 

flickr url, not mine.

 

I understand 46115 is also.

 

Arent the tender wheels same size as the centre wheel of a class 31 ?