{{DISPLAYTITLE:LMS Jubilee Class 5552 ''Silver Jubilee'' 45552 Silver Jubilee and 42367 Fowler 2-6-4T at Willesden

London Midland and Scottish Railway The London, Midland and Scottish Railway (LMSIt has been argued that the initials LMSR should be used to be consistent with LNER, GWR and SR. The London, Midland and Scottish Railway's corporate image used LMS, and this is what is generally ...

's number 5552 (

British Railways British Railways (BR), which from 1965 traded as British Rail, was a state-owned company that operated most of the overground rail transport in Great Britain from 1948 to 1997. It was formed from the nationalisation of the Big Four British ...

' number 45552), named ''Silver Jubilee'' was Jubilee Class

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express

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. It was specially named for the

Silver Jubilee of George V The Silver Jubilee of George V on 6 May 1935 marked 25 years of George V as the King of the United Kingdom and the British Dominions, and Emperor of India.Harold Nicolson, ''King George V'' (1953) pp 510–532online/ref> The Jubilee was marked ...

Overview

The original 5552 was the first of the class that emerged in June 1934 from

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Works (Maker's number: 63 Lot Number: 97). The original 5552 however swapped identities with classmate 5642 in April 1935 (built December 1934 Crewe, Makers Number: 203 Lot Number: 112, later named ''Boscawen''). 5552 was given a special livery of all over black (it originally had been, like the rest of the class, painted crimson lake) with silver lining and specially cast chrome numbers and named ''Silver Jubilee'' to mark the silver jubilee of

George V George V (George Frederick Ernest Albert; 3 June 1865 – 20 January 1936) was King of the United Kingdom and the British Dominions, and Emperor of India, from 6 May 1910 until his death in 1936. Born during the reign of his grandmother ...

. This scheme was retained until the 1948 nationalization by

. The rest of its class were thereafter officially known as the Jubilee Class. It originally had a low degree superheat domeless boiler but received a high degree superheat domed boiler in 1940. The loco was allocated to several LMS depots during its service, including Longsight, Manchester, in 1947/48, from where it ran on express trains to

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and other destinations. It was renumbered 45552 in 1951, receiving new cast numbers. It was also given a livery of Brunswick green during the 1950s. 45552 was withdrawn in September 1964, and scrapped at Cashmores, Great Bridge.

Preservation

Although 5552 was not preserved, it has been represented in preservation. In 1994 classmate 5593 ''Kolhapur'' was disguised as 5552 in original livery to mark the silver jubilee of the preserved Great Central Railway. In 2003, another preserved Jubilee, 5690 ''Leander'' was temporarily renamed ''Golden Jubilee'' for the Golden Jubilee of George V's granddaughter

HM Queen Elizabeth II Elizabeth II (Elizabeth Alexandra Mary; 21 April 1926 – 8 September 2022) was Queen of the United Kingdom and other Commonwealth realms from 6 February 1952 until her death in 2022. She was queen regnant of 32 sovereign states during ...

, though retaining the crimson lake livery.

External links

Jubilees page

Railuk database
Silver Jubilee of George V 5552 Silver Jubilee Scrapped locomotives Standard gauge steam locomotives of Great Britain

Overview

Preservation

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