List of BR 'Britannia' Class locomotives

Below are the names and numbers of the steam locomotives that comprised the BR Standard Class 7, or 'Britannia' Class that ran on the British Railways network. They represented an attempt to standardise steam design for ease of maintenance and usage. Celebrating key British historical figures, the class name was based upon a suggestion by Bishop Eric Treacy.

BR No.Name[1][2]BuilderWhen builtWithdrawnNotes
70000BritanniaCreweJanuary 1951June 1966Owned by the Royal Scot Locomotive and General Trust. Operated by Locomotive Services Ltd.
70001Lord HurcombCreweFebruary 1951August 1966
70002Geoffrey ChaucerCreweMarch 1951January 1967
70003John BunyanCreweMarch 1951March 1967
70004William ShakespeareCreweMarch 1951December 1967Delivered 29 March 1951. Received special finish for static display at Festival of Britain exhibition at South Bank, London, from 4 May until 30 September of that year.[3]
70005John MiltonCreweApril 1951July 1967
70006Robert BurnsCreweApril 1951May 1967
70007Coeur-de-LionCreweApril 1951June 1965
70008Black PrinceCreweApril 1951January 1967
70009Alfred the GreatCreweMay 1951January 1967
70010Owen GlendowerCreweMay 1951September 1967
70011HotspurCreweMay 1951November 1967
70012John of GauntCreweDecember 1951December 1967
70013Oliver CromwellCreweMay 1951August 1968Preserved, National Railway Museum. Overhauled on the Great Central Railway (preserved) and now seeing mainline duty, including Scarborough Spa Express in 2008
70014Iron DukeCreweJune 1951December 1967
70015ApolloCreweJune 1951August 1967
70016ArielCreweJune 1951August 1967
70017ArrowCreweJune 1951October 1966Withdrawn as a result of damage incurred on 30 July 1966 in a collision with a goods train near Carlisle.
70018Flying DutchmanCreweJune 1951December 1966
70019LightningCreweJune 1951March 1966
70020MercuryCreweJuly 1951January 1967
70021Morning StarCreweAugust 1951December 1967
70022TornadoCreweAugust 1951December 1967
70023VenusCreweAugust 1951December 1967
70024VulcanCreweOctober 1951December 1967
70025Western StarCreweSeptember 1952December 1967
70026Polar StarCreweOctober 1952January 1967Involved in Milton rail crash of 1955, which resulted in 11 fatalities
70027Rising StarCreweOctober 1952July 1967
70028Royal StarCreweOctober 1952September 1967
70029Shooting StarCreweNovember 1952October 1967
70030William WordsworthCreweNovember 1952June 1966
70031ByronCreweNovember 1952November 1967
70032TennysonCreweDecember 1952September 1967Also carried Lord Tennyson nameplates
70033Charles DickensCreweDecember 1952July 1967
70034Thomas HardyCreweDecember 1952May 1967
70035Rudyard KiplingCreweDecember 1952December 1967
70036BoadiceaCreweDecember 1952December 1966
70037Hereward the WakeCreweDecember 1952November 1966
70038Robin HoodCreweJanuary 1953August 1967
70039Sir Christopher WrenCreweFebruary 1953September 1967
70040Clive of IndiaCreweMarch 1953April 1967
70041Sir John MooreCreweMarch 1953April 1967
70042Lord RobertsCreweApril 1953March 1967
70043Lord KitchenerCreweJune 1953August 1965
70044Earl HaigCreweJune 1953October 1966
70045Lord RowallanCreweJune 1954December 1967
70046AnzacCreweJune 1954July 1967
70047—CreweJune 1954July 1967Never named
70048The Territorial Army 1908-1958CreweJuly 1954May 1967Aluminium nameplate
70049Solway FirthCreweJuly 1954December 1967
70050Firth of ClydeCreweAugust 1954August 1966
70051Firth of ForthCreweAugust 1954December 1967
70052Firth of TayCreweAugust 1954April 1967Involved in Settle rail crash of 1960, which resulted in 5 fatalities
70053Moray FirthCreweSeptember 1954April 1967
70054Dornoch FirthCreweSeptember 1954November 1966
Preserved 7MT 70013 Oliver Cromwell on the Ely-Norwich line near Hethersett on 11 March 2010.

References

  1. ↑ Burridge, Frank (1975). Nameplates of the Big Four. Oxford: Oxford Publishing Company. ISBN 0-902888-43-9.
  2. ↑ "Chief Scout names a Britannia". Railway World: 18. 1957.
  3. ↑ Weekes, G (1975). BR Standard Britannia Pacifics. Truro: Bradford Barton. Frontispiece. ISBN 0-85153-1954.
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