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Standard Class 5 No. 73156 is a preserved British steam locomotive. Its restoration at

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on the

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was completed in 2017, and it made its formal debut on 5 October 2017 in the guise of 73084 ''Tintagel''."BR Standard to make gala debut as scrapped sister"
''Heritage Railway''. Retrieved on 10 October 2017. 73156 is the sole surviving BR Standard locomotive built at

Doncaster Works Doncaster Railway Works is a railway workshop located in Doncaster, England. Also referred to as The Plant''", it was established by the Great Northern Railway in 1853, replacing the previous works in Boston and Peterborough. Until 1867 it un ...

. It had been allocated to two GCR sheds (

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and

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) Allocations: 73156 was withdrawn from Bolton on 24 October 1967, and was subsequently sold to

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scrapyard in

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, moving there in late January 1968.

Preservation

73156 avoided the cutters torch at Woodham's, and was bought by the Bolton Steam Locomotive Co Ltd, moving from Barry in November 1985. 73156 was initially based at the

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, (and indeed much of the associated rolling stock owned by members still lives there). GreatCentralRailway73156

The restoration inside the shed at Loughborough was completed in 2017, along with a new BR1B Tender to replace the original, which was sold off while the locomotive was at Barry. In the latter stages of restoration new components were manufactured and fitted to the cab. These were a duplex ejector, sanding valves and a blower, all of which are new to the design, similar to that of

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. This would make it more suitable for mainline work than the other four preserved Standard 5s, but the restoration group has not publicly released any intentions to do this.

References

External links

Great Central Railway locomotives – BR Standard Class 5 4-6-0 No.73156
* https://web.archive.org/web/20080919165643/http://www.73156standard5group.co.uk/ {{DEFAULTSORT:Br Standard Class 5 73156 73156 4-6-0 locomotives 5 73156 Locomotives saved from Woodham Brothers scrapyard Railway locomotives introduced in 1956 Standard gauge steam locomotives of Great Britain