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LMS Stanier Class 5 45000

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During her time at the SVR, LMS 5000 was sometimes described as Chief Engineer Alun Rees’ Rees's "personal locomotive",<ref>SVR News 62, 66 etc</ref> with sister locomotive 45110 becoming "the Company Black 5". In summer 1982 the locomotive was briefly withdrawn from service while a 2ft 6in crack in the steel firebox door plate was repaired.
The locomotive failed a steam test at the start of the 1989 season,<ref>SVR News 92</ref> and was returned to the [[NRM]] in the spring of 1991.<ref>SVR News 9</ref> It can normally be seen on display at Locomotion (the [[NRM]] museum at Shildon) or the [[NRM]] at York.<ref>[http://www.nrm.org.uk/OurCollection/UsingTheRailway/CollectionItem.aspx?objid=1978-7040&keywords=5000 NRM web site]</ref>
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