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5199 is one of nine 5101 Class locomotives preserved.
4141 passes Kinchley Lane bridge on the Great Central Railway.
5164 at Arley Station on the Severn Valley Railway
The Great Western Railway (GWR) 5101 Class or Large Prairie is a class of 2-6-2T steam locomotives. These locomotives were medium-sized tank engines designed for stopping passenger work. As such they were to be found all over the Great Western Railway system. The original design was by G. J. Churchward in 1903 as the '31XX' Class & thus was later modified by C. B. Collett. No.4115 was one of the later locomotives being turned out by Swindon Works in October 1936. It spent most of its working life in the Birmingham area but was based for a time at Croes Newydd Shed at Wrexham before being withdrawn from service in June 1965. They were designed for passenger work and were a development of the earlier 3100 Class.
[edit] Preservation
Ten have been preserved, these are 4110, 4115, 4121, 4141, 4144, 4150, 4160, 5164, 5193 and 5199. One of these, 5193, has been rebuilt by the West Somerset Railway into a 2-6-0 resembling the 4300 Class, and numbered 9351. Out of the ten surviving 5101's seven came from Barry Scrapyard
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