BR Standard Class 5

We take a look at preserved British Railway Riddles 4-6-0 Standard 5MT steam locomotives.
Featured are:
73050 City of Peterborough (built Derby, 1954) - on static display at the Nene Valley Railway
73096 (built Derby, 1955) - in action at the Mid Hants Railway 'The Watercress Line'
73129 (built Derby, 1956) - in action at East Lancashire Railway and Midland Railway Butterley
73156 (built Doncaster, 1956) - in action at Great Central Railway
A further member of the class survives at the Bluebell Railway.
www.preservedrailway.co.uk
(C) Lee Andrew Davies 2020

[@philipholt9112]

Hi, my name is Phil I fired a number of these locomotive in my time in my time on the footplate 8yrs on steam 50yrs on the footplate the first one I fired was 73165 on a special to London I finished my time out at longsight as a driver Regard Phil.

[@ianthompson5197]

Hi, very good video. I can remember my dad & I went to Butterley, but there weren't any trains running then. My dad died in 2004 of Parkinsons disease. Ian Thompson.

[@SimonTog]

Good video :)

[@lopwr1212]

I don’t like them as standards, better in LMS form