British Railways Standard Class 5 No. 73156 is a preserved British steam locomotive. It is presently undergoing restoration at Loughborough on the Great Central Railway. 73156 is the sole surviving BR Standard locomotive built at Doncaster Works having previously been allocated to two GCR sheds (Leicester and Woodford Halse)
Allocations:
| Code | Shed | Time |
|---|---|---|
| 34E | Neasden | Dec’56 - Apr’58 |
| 41C | Sheffield Millhouses | Apr’58 – Jan’59 |
| 41B | Sheffield Grimesthorpe | Jan’59 – Sep’60 |
| 17A | Derby | part of Sep’60 |
| 14D | Neasden (new LMR code) | Sep’60 – Jun’62 |
| 15E | Leicester G.C. | Jun’62 – Mar’63 |
| 2F | Woodford Halse | Mar’63 – May’63 |
| 14A | Cricklewood | May’63 – Oct’64 |
| 2L | Leamington Spa | Oct’64 – Jun’65 |
| 2A | Tyseley | Jun’65 – Apr’66 |
| 9K | Bolton | Apr’66 – Nov’67 |
73156 was withdrawn from Bolton on the 24 October 1967, and was subsequently sold to Woodham Brothers scrapyard in South Wales, moving there in late January 1968.
73156 survived the cutters torch at Woodham's, and was bought by the moving from Barry in November 1985, 73156 was initially based at the East Lancashire Railway in Bury, (and indeed much of the associated rolling stock owned by members still lives there).
The restoration inside the shed at Loughborough seems to be in the final stages and boiler work is yet to be undertaken off site, along with a new BR1B Tender to replace the original, which was sold off while the locomotive was at Barry. Later on during restoration new components were manufactured and fitted to the cab. These were a Duplex ejector, Sanding valves and a Blower, all of which are new to the design, similar to that of 60163 Tornado. This would make it more suitable for mainline work than the other 4 preserved Standard 5s, but the restoration group hasn't publicly released any intentions to do this.