R30563SS BR - Stanier 5MT 'Black 5' - 45407 'The Lancashire Fusilier' (With Steam Generator)

This latest addition to the Black 5 model family portrays No.45407 ‘The Lancashire Fusilier’ in preserved BR Lined Black livery with ‘Cycling Lion’ emblems on the tender, and blue smokebox numberplate. This stylish representation of the classic locomotive is that of the condition it runs in today under the ownership of Riley & Son (E) Ltd. 

This model features a die-cast chassis and running plate, five-pole motor and incredible levels of detail. Since the release of our first redesigned Black Five model in 2024, we have improved certain areas even further to ensure the Black 5 runs as beautifully as it looks, including an upgrade to the smoke generator and additional weight to improve running characteristics.

Model Specification:

• High detail OO gauge model based on extensive research and original works drawings 
• Die-cast chassis and running plate 
• Die-cast connecting rods and valve gear 
• High detail cab and fully decorated backhead with decorated instrument dials 
• Large number of separately fitted parts 
• Prototypical size metal handrails with brass stanchions 
• Separately fitted lamps. Lamp code can be changed 
• Separately fitted simulated coal load 
• Opening cab roof vent 
• Adjustable cab doors 
• Powerful 5 pole skew wound motor 
• Electrical pickups on main drive wheels and tender wheels 
• Quick release locomotive to tender connector 
• Pogo pin wheel pickup arrangement for easy pickup servicing 
• Brass main drive bearings 
• Sprung metal buffers 
• Front and rear NEM coupling pocket 
• Accessory bag contains tablet catcher, vacuum pipes, lamps and couplings 
• Minimum 2nd Radius curves 

Steam Generator: 

• Pre-fitted Gen 2 steam generator system featuring an optical sensor for accurate chuff rate synchronised with the wheel speed. Steam output is created using piezo element technology. This is a cold water-based system (no heating element). 

Electronics: 

• Pre-fitted 21-Pin HM7000 decoder and speaker. Compatible with NMRA DCC controllers and HM7000 system 
• Illuminated flickering firebox 
• Illuminated head lamps and tail lamps 
• HM7000 Power Bank compatible 

DCC Sound: 

• Utilises high-fidelity HM7000 sound file 
• Assembled using live recordings of Black 5 locomotives 
• Tender speaker 

Tooling: 

• Smokebox numberplate 
• Low Steam Lance 
• Rivetted Bufferbeam 
• Top Feed without cap 
• Non-fluted Connecting Rods 
• Short Chimney 
• Parallel Buffer Stocks 
• With AWS 
• Welded Tender 
• Fitted Nameplates 

Livery: 

• BR ‘Mixed Traffic’ Lined Black with ‘Cycling Lion’ early emblem on tender 
• Modern OHLE warning stickers 
• Matt smokebox and cab roof 
• Semi-gloss finish 
• Accurate colours and fonts 
• Era 10 

History:

The LMS Stanier Class 5MT ‘Black 5’ is one of the most successful steam locomotive designs in railway history – 842 were built between 1934 and 1951 with many of those lasting right up until the end of BR steam in 1968. Devised as a mixed traffic engine capable of transporting either passengers or freight, the Black 5 reached almost every corner of the British railway network, forming the backbone of the LMS fleet and latterly, British Railways.

No.45407 was built in 1937 by the Armstrong Whitworth Company, originally given the LMS number of 5407. It was ordered as part of a batch of 226 locomotives – the largest order ever placed with a private builder and worth over 2.5 million pounds. From new it was allocated to Kettering and spent almost its entire life allocated to Midland-based sheds, before moving to the North-West in the 1960s and surviving until the end of steam in 1968.

David Davids bought No.45407 for £3300 from British Railways and moved it to Carnforth for restoration. In 1974 Paddy Smith acquired the loco and operated the engine on the BR network on railtours. 

He initially painted it in a mock Furness Railway red scheme before reverting to a retro LMS Lined Black livery. After many years of railtour duties, No.45407 was bought by Ian Riley in 1997, who fitted the Black 5 with AWS, air brake equipment and a new tender tank. Since then, No,45407 has travelled the network extensively, including many stints on the ‘Jacobite’ service between Fort William and Mallaig.