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[[File:45110_20131006.jpg |thumb|200px|right| 45110 at Highley]]
45110 is an LMS Stanier 'Black 5' 4-6-0 mixed traffic locomotive.
==45110 in Service==
The LMS 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, more than any other class of locomotive before or since, and they worked all over the LMS network. Following nationalisation they were classified 5MT by British Railways and quickly became used throughout the country. They were never painted any colour but black, earning them the nickname ‘Black 5s’. The design of the British Railways Standard Class 5 was based on the Black 5.
File:LMS 5MT 45110 Barton Moss 15 Gns Spcl 11.08.68 edited-2.jpg | 45110 hauling the 15 Guineas Special (Wikimedia Commons)
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==45110 in preservation==
45110 was initially saved for preservation mainly through fund raising efforts of Mr David Porter, Principal of the “Flairavia Flying Club” at Biggin Hill Civil Airport. After a temporary move from Lostock Hall to Clapham Sidings in January 1969, 45110 found a temporary home at the former BR Ashford shed. During an open day there, 45110 first carried temporary name plates bearing the name “R.A.F. Biggin Hill”.
45110 arrived on the SVR on 20 August 1970 in working order and entered service on Sunday 20 September 1970. A naming ceremony was held on 12 September 1971, at which the locomotive was formally named “R.A.F. Biggin Hill”.
The first period of service ended 10 years later in 1980 after recording 21,185 miles in use. Following overhaul, a second period of service began in 1998. This lasted until late 2008, including a 6-month boiler ticket extension which enabled the locomotive to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the end of BR main line steam. Both 10 year During this period a number of main line appearances were made as follows: {| class="wikitable"!Date!!Tour name !! Route !! Notes !! Web !!SVR News|-|26 Sep 1998||Rose of Shires || Bescot - York + return || || UKS ||129-13|-|17 Oct 1998||Blackpool Five || Shrewsbury-Blackpool + return || || UKS ||128-76|-|24 Oct 1998||Royal Duchy || Exeter - Plymouth-Newquay || D/H with 48773 || UKS ||129-12|-|31 Oct 1998||Stannary Staniers || Ealing Broadway-Penzance || D/H with 48773 || UKS |||-|07 Nov 1998||Staffordshire Terrier || Brimingham -Chester-Wolverhampton || || UKS ||128-76|-|14 Nov 1998||Colne Dee Express || Nottingham-Chester + return || || UKS |||-|28 Nov 1998||Lakes Express || Crewe-Shap-Carlisle + return || D/H with 45407 || UKS ||129-12|-|05 Dec 1998||Linolnian || Dorridge-Lincoln + return || || UKS |||-|19 Dec 1998||Christmas Chester Chuffer || Birmingham Int'tickets' included hauling l-Chester + return || || UKS |||-|30 Jan 1999||Merseyman || Bescot-Crewe-Liverpool-Crewe-Walsall-Bescot || || UKS ||129-52|-|07 Mar 1999||Ynys Mon Express || Crewe-Holyhead + return || || UKS ||129-13|-|21 May 1999||Private Charter || Harrow-Amersham (2 trips) || || UKS |||-|22 May 1999||Steam on the Met || Amersham-Watford shuttles || || UKS |||-|23 May 1999||Steam on the Met || Amersham-Watford shuttles || || UKS |||-|29 May 1999||Steam on the Met || Amersham-Watford shuttles || || UKS |||-|30 May 1999||Steam on the Met || Amersham-Watford shuttles || || UKS |||-|31 May 1999||Steam on the Met || Amersham-Watford shuttles || || UKS ||130-38|-|15 Aug 1999||Mayflower || Bristol-Plymouth-Bristol || D/H with 45407, ran as scheduled || UKS |||-|02 Oct 1999||Welsh Dragon || Birmingham Int-Bescot- Llandrindod- Port Talbot-Newport || Ran as scheduled || UKS |||-|23 Oct 1999||Fishburn Flyer || Crewe-Carnforth-Crewe || To be confirmed || UKS |||-|13 Nov 1999||North Wales Venturer || Crewe-Holyhead-Crewe || To be confirmed || UKS |||-|11 Dec 1999||Midlander || Nuneaton-Lickey-Gloucester+return, Bromsgrove-Blackwell* || 80079 as banker || UKS ||132-46|-|18 Dec 1999||Christmas Chester Chuffer || Birmingham Int-Rugeley-Chester -Wrexham-Birmingham Int || || UKS |||-|05 Feb 2000||Peak Forester || Derby - Buxton - Crewe || || [http://www.sixbellsjunction.co.uk/00s/000205pr.htm SBJ] |||-|27 May 2000||Laird of Stranraer Day 1 || Crewe - Carnforth (tender swap)-Glasgow || D/H with 45407. Borrowed tender from 48151 || [http://www.sixbellsjunction.co.uk/00s/000527pr.htm SBJ] |||-|29 May 2000||Laird of Stranraer Day 3 || Glasgow Central - WCML - Lockerbie Up Passenger Loop* || *Failed with leaking tubes (SBJ has date as 28th) || [http://www.sixbellsjunction.co.uk/00s/000527pr.htm SBJ] ||133-29|-|colspan="6"|<small>For further information on sources and references, see [[The Severn Valley Railway on the main line#SVR-based locomotives which hauled revenue-earning services on the main line | The Severn Valley Railway on the main line rail tours]].</small>|-|}
Following expiry of the second 'ticket' in 2008, 45110 moved on loan to Barrow Hill Roundhouse for a period on static display there. In October 2013 the locomotive returned to the SVR and was moved into [[The Engine House]], taking the place of [[GWR 4930 Hagley Hall|4930 Hagley Hall]] which had moved to Bridgnorth for overhaul.
{{As at October 2015 of|2016}} the locomotive remains on display in [[The Engine House]] while awaiting its next overhaul. It is now owned by [[Severn Valley Railway (Holdings) PLC|SVR(H)]].
==See also==
[[Steam Locomotives]]<br>
[[The Severn Valley Railway on the main line]]
