LMS Stanier Jubilee 45699 Galatea

LMS Stanier Jubilee 45699 Galatea
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LMS 45699 Galatea in November 2013
Built By Crewe
Configuration 4-6-0
Status Operational, Main Line Registered
Loco Number 45699
Other Numbers 5699
History
Built 1936
Designed By Sir William Stanier, FRS
Type Jubilee
1964 Withdrawn
1980 Bought for spares
1983 Purchased by SVR(H)
1987 Moved to SVR
1994 Sold by SVR(H)
Technical
Length 64ft 8¾"
Weight 79t 11cwt
Tractive effort 26,610 lb
Pressure 225 lb/sq in

Steam Locomotives

45699 Galatea was owned by the SVR between 1983 and 1994, arriving on the Railway in 1987. The locomotive remained in ex-Barry condition throughout the SVR’s ownership. 45699 Galatea is a sister engine of former resident 45690 Leander.

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45699 in service

5699 was built at Crewe in April 1936, and later renumbered 45699 by BR following nationalisation. In August 1953 Galatea was derailed and overturned whilst hauling a passenger train at Wilnecote[1]. The locomotive was repaired and continued in service until being withdrawn by BR in 1964.

45699 in preservation

Whilst at Barry Scrapyard a shunting accident had derailed the locomotive, resulting in Woodham's cutting the centre driving wheels. She was purchased from Barry in 1980 by Leander Locomotive Limited as a source of spare parts for her sister engine. Both locomotives were purchased by SVR(H) in November 1983 as part of the deal to acquire Leander. At that time Galatea was stored at Carnforth in ex-Barry condition, but in April 1987 space was no longer available at Carnforth and Galatea was moved to the SVR, still being regarded as no more than a source of parts.

In winter of 1994 the SVR(H) Board announced the sale of 45690 Leander to the family of Dr. Peter Beet and also of 45699 Galatea to another unnamed purchaser.[2] Ownership subsequently passed to the North of England Historic Railway Trust Limited which was incorporated in 2002, and the locomotive based at West Coast Railways' headquarters at Carnforth Motive Power Depot. As of 2024 the Trust is chaired by West Coast Railways' David Smith.[3] The locomotive returned to steam in 2014 on the main line, and underwent its first preservation overhaul in 2022-23.[4]

In 2022 the pattern originally made to replace two cut driving wheels on Galatea was loaned by Tyseley Locomotive Works to the LMS Patriot Project, building replica LMS Patriot Class No. 5551 The Unknown Warrior[5].

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