LMS Stanier Class 8F 8151

LMS 8151

48151 at Crewe during the Crewe Works open day.

Type and origin Power type Steam Designer William Stanier Builder Crewe Works Serial number 154 (second series) Build date 1942

Specifications Configuration 2-8-0 UIC class 1′D h2 Gauge 4 ft 8 ^1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) Leading dia. 3 ft 3 ^1⁄2 in (1.003 m) Driver dia. 4 ft 8 ^1⁄2 in (1.435 m) Length 63 ft 0 ^1⁄2 in (19.22 m) Loco weight 72.10 long tons (73.26 t; 80.75 short tons) 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:  • Firegrate area 28 ^1⁄2 sq ft (2.65 m^2) Boiler LMS type 3C Boiler pressure 225 lbf/in^2 (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

Performance figures Tractive effort 32,440 lbf (144.30 kN)

Career Operators London, Midland and Scottish Railway → British Railways Power class LMS & BR: 7F, later 8F Numbers LMS: 8151 BR: 48151 Axle load class BR: Route Availability 6 Withdrawn January 1968 Current owner West Coast Railway Company Disposition Operational

LMS Stanier Class 8F No. 8151, British Railways No. 48151, is a preserved British steam locomotive.

Overview

8151 was built in 1942 by the LMS at their Crewe Works – works no. 154. She was renumbered as 48151 by British railways after the 1948 nationalisation.

After completion at Crewe works she was allocated to Grangemouth shed until 1949 when she was transferred to Canklow (19C) shed. The sheds she was based at during her career also included Stavely (today the Barrow Hill roundhouse), Edge Hill in Liverpool and finally Northwich until she was withdrawn in January 1968. After being withdrawn she was sent away for scrapping at a nearby scrapyard. She was sent down to Barry scrapyard in South Wales where she remained for over 8 years.

She was bought for preservation in 1975 and was the 77th loco to leave Barry Scrapyard. She was based at the Embsay and Bolton Abbey Railway for a number of years. She was never operated on the line as her restoration ground to a halt. She was bought by David Smith and after her heavy restoration was completed, she resteamed in 1987, initially at the Midland Railway - Butterley. Shortly after resteaming, she was certified for mainline use, and is today operated by West Coast Railway's working steam charters across the UK visiting places never visited before by an 8F.

She at one point carried the nameplates "Gauge O Guild", Before the 2012 season the nameplates were removed from 48151, the reason being due to David Smith wanting to have her look more original for the season. It was later announced that the nameplates would not be applied again as none of the class carried nameplates under BR ownership and it was preferred to keep the engine looking more original.

Fame in Preservation

LMS 8F 2-8-0 no 48151 waiting to depart from Llandudno Jcn to Blaenau Ffestiniog with The Welsh Mountaineer on Tue 19th August 2014.

In Nov 1995 48151 was loaned for a short time to Tunstead Quary to haul a 975-ton train of hopper wagons, she also 5 years later in Dec 2000 worked a special one off freight train along the Settle and Carlisle line from Hellifield to Ribblehead Quarry where the hopper wagons were loaded and she then worked the loaded train on from Ribblehead Quarry to Carlisle.

In 2000, she made her first operational visit to a heritage railway, when she visited the Great Central Railway for a brief period in June of that year, as well as making a brief visit back to Stavely, now the Barrow Hill Roundhouse, during July.

In Oct 2003 48151 worked her first train over Shap Summit since the end of steam in 1968, the charter was operated by The West Coast Railway company and ran from Carnforth to Carlisle via Shap both ways.

In 2008 48151 worked the Liverpool to Manchester leg of The Fifteen Guinea Special which was celebrating 40 years since the ending of steam on BR in August 1968, she was covering for 45110 as her mainline certificate had run out. This was also to be the first time since 1966 that 48151 had visited Liverpool since being allocated to Edge Hill.

In 2014 she made only her second visit to a heritage railway ever, when she visited the Mid Norfolk Railway at Dereham for their West Coast Railways steam gala, during which she ran alongside fellow Carnforth based engines LMS Jubilee 45699 Galatea & LMS Royal Scot 46115 Scots Guardsman. All 3 engine's ran in Triple Headed formation from Carnforth to Dereham on Thu 29 May. The 3 engines then ran during the 3 day gala from Fri 30 May to Sun 1 Jun & the following day on Mon 2 Jun the 3 engines returned to Carnforth along with the 9 BR Mark 1 coaches which had also been provided for the gala (The reason being due to most coaches at the Mid Norfolk Railway being air braked and the 3 visitors only being vacuum braked).

Also in 2014, she worked only her second train over Shap Summit for the first time since Oct 2003, the train in question was The Railway Touring Company's "Cumbrian Coast Express" that ran from London Euston to Carlisle. The 8F took over the train at Carnforth and worked northbound over Shap's 1 in 75 to Carlisle with the return leg being via Whitehaven.

Allocations

The shed locations of 48151 on particular dates.

First shed	Grangemouth, 28C
July 1949	Canklow, 19C
January 1963	Stavely (Barrow Hill), 41E
April 1964	Edge Hill 8A
Last Shed	Northwich, 8E
Withdrawn	January 1968

External links

• Preserved locomotive database