LMS Stanier Class 5 4-6-0 44767 Visits Peterborough and the
Nene Valley Railway 12 May 1996.
London Midland and Scottish Railway (LMS) Stanier Black
Five, LMS number 4767, BR number 44767 is a preserved steam locomotive. In
preservation it has carried the name George Stephenson though it never bore
this in service.
4767 was completed on the last day of the LMS, 31 December
1947 at Crewe Works. It was unique amongst the 842-strong class in that it
featured outside Stephenson link motion in addition to other experimental
features; a double chimney, Timken roller bearings throughout and electric
lighting.
These modifications were part of a series of experiments by
George Ivatt to improve the already excellent William Stanier-designed black
five.
4767 was renumbered 44767 by British Railways after
nationalisation in 1948. Its double chimney was removed in 1953. It was
withdrawn in December 1967 after a working life of only 20 years.
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