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Specifications
Specifications
Configuration:;
• Whyte	4-6-0
Gauge	4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm)
Leading dia.	3 ft 3+1⁄2 in (1.003 m)
Driver dia.	6 ft 0 in (1.829 m)
Length	63 ft 7+3⁄4 in (19.40 m)
Fuel type	Coal
Fuel capacity	9 long tons (9.1 t; 10.1 short tons)
Water cap.	4,000 imp gal (18,000 L; 4,800 US gal)
Firebox:
• Grate area	28+1⁄2 sq ft (2.65 m2)
Boiler	LMS type 3C
Boiler pressure	225 lbf/in2 (1.55 MPa)
Cylinders	Two, outside
Cylinder size	18+1⁄2 in × 28 in (470 mm × 711 mm)
Valve gear	Walschaerts
Valve type	Piston valves
Loco brake	Vacuum (Air Brakes fitted)
Safety systems	AWS, TPWS, OTMR, GSMR

Type and origin
Type and origin
Power type	Steam
Designer	William Stanier
Builder	Crewe Works
Serial number	170 (second series)
Build date	March 1945
Total produced	842

LMS 44871
LMS 44871
Power type
Type and origin
Power type	Steam
Designer	William Stanier
Builder	Crewe Works
Serial number	170 (second series)
Build date	March 1945
Total produced	842
Configuration:;
Specifications
Configuration:;
• Whyte	4-6-0
Gauge	4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm)
Leading dia.	3 ft 3+1⁄2 in (1.003 m)
Driver dia.	6 ft 0 in (1.829 m)
Length	63 ft 7+3⁄4 in (19.40 m)
Fuel type	Coal
Fuel capacity	9 long tons (9.1 t; 10.1 short tons)
Water cap.	4,000 imp gal (18,000 L; 4,800 US gal)
Firebox:
• Grate area	28+1⁄2 sq ft (2.65 m2)
Boiler	LMS type 3C
Boiler pressure	225 lbf/in2 (1.55 MPa)
Cylinders	Two, outside
Cylinder size	18+1⁄2 in × 28 in (470 mm × 711 mm)
Valve gear	Walschaerts
Valve type	Piston valves
Loco brake	Vacuum (Air Brakes fitted)
Safety systems	AWS, TPWS, OTMR, GSMR
Maximum speed
Performance figures
Maximum speed	25mph - (heritage railways) 45mph - (mainline, tender first) 60mph - (mainline, chimney first)
Tractive effort	25,455 lbf (113.23 kN)
Operators
Career
Operators	London, Midland and Scottish Railway; → British Railways;
Power class	LMS: 5P5F; BR: 5MT;
Numbers	LMS 4871
Axle load class	BR: Route Availability 7
Withdrawn	August 1968
Current owner	Ian Riley & Son
Disposition	Operational, Mainline Certified

LMS Stanier Class 5 4-6-0 No. 44871 is a preserved British steam locomotive. It was built at Crewe Works in 1945.

Service history

4871 is an LMS Stanier Class 5 4-6-0 locomotive, originally numbered 4871 entering service with the London, Midland and Scottish Railway (LMS) in March 1945 and having 40000 added to its number under British Railways after nationalisation in 1948.^[1]

44871 was one of the last steam locomotives to be withdrawn from service, surviving until August 1968, the last year of steam on British Rail.^[1]

She was also one of four locomotives chosen (among two other members of her class) to take part in the famous Fifteen Guinea Special on Sun 11 August 1968. 44871 was in-charge of the Carlisle Citadel to Manchester Victoria leg of the tour which went south down the Settle and Carlisle Line. On this leg of the tour she double headed with 44781, 44871 acted as the pilot engine with 44781 being the train engine. 44871 is one of the three locomotives from that train to survive into preservation, the others being 45110 and 70013 Oliver Cromwell.^[2]

Shed allocations
Location	Shed code	From
Longsight	9A	1 August 1948
Crewe North	5A	6 October 1951
Holyhead	7C	26 January 1952
Crewe North	5A	14 June 1952
Stoke	5D	12 July 1952
Crewe North	5A	3 October 1953
Stoke	5D	31 October 1953
Crewe South	5B	22 March 1958
Stoke	5D	18 June 1960
Stockport Edgeley	9B	1 December 1962
Trafford Park	9E	22 June 1963
Stockport Edgeley	9B	6 November 1965
Bolton	9K	11 May 1968
Carnforth	10A	6 July 1968

Preservation

44871 was purchased directly from British Rail service for preservation, and so never had to be restored from scrapyard condition unlike other preserved locomotives which were sent to Barry Island. The majority of the Class 5s were purchased directly for preservation, with only six being purchased from Barry Island and thus requiring restoration to run again.

Following withdrawal from revenue service 44871 remained at Carnforth, which would later become the Steamtown museum. Once the ban on operating steam locomotives over the national network was lifted in 1972, 44871 was used to operate mainline trains to places like York. It was during this period that she was given the name Sovereign. 44871 was also a popular engine in Scotland, working trains along the West Highland Line from Fort William to Mallaig (which she still runs decades later) working West Coast Railways "Jacobite trains" for most of the year, alongside sister No. 45407 The Lancashire Fusilier and LNER K1 No. 62005.

Following years of storage and the death of her owner in 2006, 44871 was purchased by Ian Riley and was taken to Bury for an overhaul to mainline standards. She returned to steam in 2009 and later undertook light and loaded test runs on the mainline alongside use on WCR's "Jacobite" trains. In the summer of 2010, she worked the final season of WCR's "Cambrian" trains along the Cambrian Line from Machynlleth to Pwllheli (the trains on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday ran to Pwllheli while the trains on Tuesday Thursday ran to Porthmadog). It isn't currently possible to run steam trains down the Cambrian line since they are incompatible with the new ERTMS system that was put in place.

In August 2010, 44871 was featured in an episode of Coronation Street where she hauled Roy and Hayley Cropper's wedding train. 44871 carried 45407's "Lancashire Fusilier" nameplates for the occasion.

Current status

44871 is based at the East Lancashire Railway alongside sibling No. 45407 The Lancashire Fusilier, both of which are mainline certified regular used for West Coast Railways Jacobite along the West Highland Line from Fort William to Mallaig and back. She returned to service in August 2017 following the completion of another heavy overhaul which was done to mainline standards as before.

In Summer 2021, 44871 was hired by the North Yorkshire Moors Railway, working between Whitby and Pickering, North Yorkshire.