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.

BR No. Name[1] Builder When built Withdrawn Notes
70000 Britannia Crewe 01951-01 January 1951 01966-06 June 1966 Preserved at the Railway Age, Crewe
70001 Lord Hurcomb Crewe 01951-02 February 1951 01966-08 August 1966
70002 Geoffrey Chaucer Crewe 01951-03 March 1951 01967-01 January 1967
70003 John Bunyan Crewe 01951-03 March 1951 01967-03 March 1967
70004 William Shakespeare Crewe 01951-03 March 1951 01967-12 December 1967
70005 John Milton Crewe 01951-04 April 1951 01967-07 July 1967
70006 Robert Burns Crewe 01951-04 April 1951 01967-05 May 1967
70007 Coeur-de-Lion Crewe 01951-04 April 1951 01965-06 June 1965
70008 Black Prince Crewe 01951-04 April 1951 01967-01 January 1967
70009 Alfred the Great Crewe 01951-05 May 1951 01967-01 January 1967
70010 Owen Glendower Crewe 01951-05 May 1951 01967-09 September 1967
70011 Hotspur Crewe 01951-05 May 1951 01967-11 November 1967
70012 John of Gaunt Crewe 01951-12 December 1951 01967-12 December 1967
70013 Oliver Cromwell Crewe 01951-05 May 1951 01968-08 August 1968 Preserved, National Railway Museum. Under overhaul on the Great Central Railway (preserved)
70014 Iron Duke Crewe 01951-06 June 1951 01967-12 December 1967
70015 Apollo Crewe 01951-06 June 1951 01967-08 August 1967
70016 Ariel Crewe 01951-06 June 1951 01967-08 August 1967
70017 Arrow Crewe 01951-06 June 1951 01966-10 October 1966
70018 Flying Dutchman Crewe 01951-06 June 1951 01966-12 December 1966
70019 Lightning Crewe 01951-06 June 1951 01966-03 March 1966
70020 Mercury Crewe 01951-07 July 1951 01967-01 January 1967
70021 Morning Star Crewe 01951-08 August 1951 01967-12 December 1967
70022 Tornado Crewe 01951-08 August 1951 01967-12 December 1967
70023 Venus Crewe 01951-08 August 1951 01967-12 December 1967
70024 Vulcan Crewe 01951-10 October 1951 01967-12 December 1967
70025 Western Star Crewe 01952-09 September 1952 01967-12 December 1967
70026 Polar Star Crewe 01952-10 October 1952 01967-01 January 1967
70027 Royal Star Crewe 01952-10 October 1952 01967-07 July 1967
70028 Rising Star Crewe 01952-10 October 1952 01967-09 September 1967
70029 Shooting Star Crewe 01952-11 November 1952 01967-10 October 1967
70030 William Wordsworth Crewe 01952-11 November 1952 01966-06 June 1966
70031 Byron Crewe 01952-11 November 1952 01967-11 November 1967
70032 Tennyson Crewe 01952-12 December 1952 01967-09 September 1967
70033 Charles Dickens Crewe 01952-12 December 1952 01967-07 July 1967
70034 Thomas Hardy Crewe 01952-12 December 1952 01967-05 May 1967
70035 Rudyard Kipling Crewe 01952-12 December 1952 01967-12 December 1967
70036 Boadicea Crewe 01952-12 December 1952 01966-12 December 1966
70037 Hereward the Wake Crewe 01952-12 December 1952 01966-11 November 1966
70038 Robin Hood Crewe 01953-01 January 1953 01967-08 August 1967
70039 Sir Christopher Wren Crewe 01953-02 February 1953 01967-09 September 1967
70040 Clive of India Crewe 01953-03 March 1953 01967-04 April 1967
70041 Sir John Moore Crewe 01953-03 March 1953 01967-04 April 1967
70042 Lord Roberts Crewe 01953-04 April 1953 01967-03 March 1967
70043 Lord Kitchener Crewe 01953-06 June 1953 01965-08 August 1965
70044 Earl Haig Crewe 01931-06 June 1931 01966-10 October 1966
70045 Lord Rowallan Crewe 01954-06 June 1954 01967-12 December 1967
70046 Anzac Crewe 01954-06 June 1954 01967-07 July 1967
70047 Crewe 01954-06 June 1954 01967-07 July 1967 Never named
70048 The Territorial Army 1908-1958 Crewe 01954-07 July 1954 01967-05 May 1967 Aluminium nameplate
70049 Solway Firth Crewe 01954-07 July 1954 01967-12 December 1967
70050 Firth of Clyde Crewe 01954-08 August 1954 01966-08 August 1966
70051 Firth of Forth Crewe 01954-08 August 1954 01967-12 December 1967
70052 Firth of Tay Crewe 01954-08 August 1954 01967-04 April 1967
70053 Moray Firth Crewe 01954-09 September 1954 01967-04 April 1967
70054 Dornoch Firth Crewe 01954-09 September 1954 01966-11 November 1966

[edit] Footnotes

  1. ^ Burridge, Frank: Nameplates of the Big Four (Oxford Publishing Company: Oxford, 1975) ISBN 0-90288-843-9

[edit] References

  • Burridge, Frank: Nameplates of the Big Four (Oxford Publishing Company: Oxford, 1975) ISBN 0-90288-843-9