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The Stanier Class 5 was an immediate success when introduced into service in 1934. It was a mixed traffic locomotive that could handle anything from express passenger traffic to goods trains. 842 were built between 1934 and 1951, more than any other class of locomotive before or since. Over half of those were built by contractors (100 by the Vulcan Foundry and 327 by Armstrong Whitworth), with the rest built at the LMS works at Crewe, Derby and Horwich. They were never painted any colour but black, originally earning them the nickname "Black Staniers".<ref group="note">A similar nickname "Red Staniers" was given to Stanier's other 4-6-0 Class locomotives, the Jubilees, which carried LMS crimson livery at that time.</ref> Following nationalisation they were classified 5MT by British Railways (with the nickname accordingly becoming "Black 5") and quickly became used throughout the country. The design of the British Railways Standard Class 5 was largely based on the Black 5.
Locomotives of the class visited [[Bewdley]] on bank holiday excursions under BR.<ref>[[List of film and TV productions filmed on the Severn Valley Railway#Documentary|'Roundabout Revisited' (BBC 1961)]] showed 44966 and an unidentified classmate.</ref> Eighteen Black Fives have been preserved. Sister locomotive [[LMS Stanier Class 5 45000|LMS 5000]] was resident on the SVR between 1977 and 1991 while on loan from the NRM. [[LMS Stanier 5MT 44871|44871]] was [[Steam Locomotives hired by the SVR|hired by the SVR]] to operate the 2012 [[Christmas services|Santa Specials]] and New Year festive services. The latter and three other classmates have [[Steam Locomotives visiting the SVR for galas|visited the SVR for galas]].
==45110 in Service==
