List of BR 'Britannia' Class locomotives

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Below are the names and numbers of the steam locomotives that comprised the BR Standard Class 7, or 'Britannia' Class that ran on the British Railways network. They represented an attempt to standardise steam design for ease of maintenance and usage. Celebrating key British historical figures, the class name was based upon a suggestion by Bishop Eric Treacy.

Fleet list[]

BR No. Name[1][2] Builder When built Withdrawn Notes
70000 Britannia Crewe January 1951 June 1966 Preserved. Owned by the Royal Scot Locomotive and General Trust. Operated by Locomotive Services Ltd.
70001 Lord Hurcomb Crewe February 1951 August 1966
70002 Geoffrey Chaucer Crewe March 1951 January 1967
70003 John Bunyan Crewe March 1951 March 1967
70004 William Shakespeare Crewe March 1951 December 1967 Delivered 29 March 1951. Received special finish for static display at Festival of Britain exhibition at South Bank, London, from 4 May until 30 September of that year.[3]
70005 John Milton Crewe April 1951 July 1967
70006 Robert Burns Crewe April 1951 May 1967
70007 Coeur-de-Lion Crewe April 1951 June 1965
70008 Black Prince Crewe April 1951 January 1967
70009 Alfred the Great Crewe May 1951 January 1967
70010 Owen Glendower Crewe May 1951 September 1967 After its original nameplates were stolen, replacement plates reading Owain Glendwyr were fitted by December 1966.[4]
70011 Hotspur Crewe May 1951 November 1967
70012 John of Gaunt Crewe December 1951 December 1967
70013 Oliver Cromwell Crewe May 1951 August 1968 Preserved. National Railway Museum collection. Overhauled on the Great Central Railway. Has seen mainline duty.
70014 Iron Duke Crewe June 1951 December 1967
70015 Apollo Crewe June 1951 August 1967
70016 Ariel Crewe June 1951 August 1967
70017 Arrow Crewe June 1951 October 1966 Withdrawn as a result of damage incurred on 30 July 1966 in a collision with a goods train near Carlisle.
70018 Flying Dutchman Crewe June 1951 December 1966
70019 Lightning Crewe June 1951 March 1966
70020 Mercury Crewe July 1951 January 1967
70021 Morning Star Crewe August 1951 December 1967
70022 Tornado Crewe August 1951 December 1967
70023 Venus Crewe August 1951 December 1967
70024 Vulcan Crewe October 1951 December 1967
70025 Western Star Crewe September 1952 December 1967
70026 Polar Star Crewe October 1952 January 1967 Involved in Milton rail crash of 1955, which resulted in 11 fatalities.
70027 Rising Star Crewe October 1952 July 1967
70028 Royal Star Crewe October 1952 September 1967
70029 Shooting Star Crewe November 1952 October 1967
70030 William Wordsworth Crewe November 1952 June 1966
70031 Byron Crewe November 1952 November 1967
70032 Tennyson Crewe December 1952 September 1967 Also carried Lord Tennyson nameplates
70033 Charles Dickens Crewe December 1952 July 1967
70034 Thomas Hardy Crewe December 1952 May 1967
70035 Rudyard Kipling Crewe December 1952 December 1967
70036 Boadicea Crewe December 1952 December 1966
70037 Hereward the Wake Crewe December 1952 November 1966
70038 Robin Hood Crewe January 1953 August 1967
70039 Sir Christopher Wren Crewe February 1953 September 1967
70040 Clive of India Crewe March 1953 April 1967
70041 Sir John Moore Crewe March 1953 April 1967
70042 Lord Roberts Crewe April 1953 March 1967
70043 Lord Kitchener Crewe June 1953 August 1965
70044 Earl Haig Crewe June 1953 October 1966
70045 Lord Rowallan Crewe June 1954 December 1967
70046 Anzac Crewe June 1954 July 1967
70047 — Crewe June 1954 July 1967 Never named
70048 The Territorial Army 1908–1958 Crewe July 1954 May 1967 Aluminium nameplate
70049 Solway Firth Crewe July 1954 December 1967
70050 Firth of Clyde Crewe August 1954 August 1966
70051 Firth of Forth Crewe August 1954 December 1967
70052 Firth of Tay Crewe August 1954 April 1967 Involved in Settle rail crash of 1960, which resulted in 5 fatalities
70053 Moray Firth Crewe September 1954 April 1967
70054 Dornoch Firth Crewe September 1954 November 1966
Preserved 7MT 70013 Oliver Cromwell on the Ely-Norwich line near Hethersett on 11 March 2010.

References[]

  1. ^ Burridge, Frank (1975). Nameplates of the Big Four. Oxford: Oxford Publishing Company. ISBN 0-902888-43-9.
  2. ^ "Chief Scout names a Britannia". Railway World: 18. 1957.[full citation needed]
  3. ^ Weekes, G (1975). BR Standard Britannia Pacifics. Truro: Bradford Barton. Frontispiece. ISBN 0-85153-1954.
  4. ^ Gilbert, P.T.; Chancellor, P.J. (1994). Taylor, R.K. (ed.). A Detailed History of British Railways Standard Steam Locomotives - Volume One: Background to Standardisation and the Pacific Classes. Lincoln: RCTS. p. 57. ISBN 0-901115-81-9.
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