5164 was built at the GWR Swindon Works as part of Lot 259 at a cost of £4,220.<ref name="5164org">5164.org</ref> The locomotive entered service at Tyseley in November 1930.<ref>[http://www.greatwestern.org.uk/262_5100det.htm GWR Archive] Retrieved 28 January 2015.</ref> It remained allocated to the Wolverhampton region until 1957, principally at Tyseley but also at Wolverhampton Stafford Road and Wellington.
Post 1957In August 1956, 5164 moved it was allocated to Newton Abbot, working local trains and also acting as a banker on the Dainton and Rattery Banks.<ref name="5164org" /> In July 1959, it had an overhaul at Swindon with boiler 5743 being fitted.<ref name="PR1221">EMF Press Release issued 14 December 2021</ref>
BR service ended at In October 1961 it moved to Pontypool Road in , from where on 4 April 1963 after the loco was condemned with a slipping driving tyre.<ref name="PR1221"/> It had amassed 67,447 miles from its last overhaul at Swindon and 811,367 miles in service.<ref> [http://www.brdatabase.info/locoqry.php?action=locodata&type=S&id=103347&loco=5164 BRDatabase] Retrieved 28 January 2015.</ref> A move It had been allocated to Tyseley 10 times, with the longest stay 3 years and the shortest 4 months. It was sold to [[Barry Scrapyard]] followed in November on 9 October 1963and moved the following month.<ref name="PR1221"/>
==5164 in preservation==
