LMS Stanier Class 5 4-6-0 45407 'The Lancashire Fusilier' is a LMS Stanier Class 5 4-6-0 locomotive engine built at Armstrong Whitworth in 1937.
It is one of 18 surviving Black 5's.
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During its working life no. 45407 was based at the following sheds:
This member of the class was one of the final Black 5s withdrawn on 4 August 1968. The late Dr Peter Beet (whose son owns Jubilee, 5690 Leander) and millionaire David Davis, visited Lostock Hall to choose a locomotive to save. They chose No. 45407.
The engine became part of the "Steamtown" collection at Carnforth and was, for some time, painted in Furness Railway Indian red livery, but was later painted in LMS black livery in 1980. It is now back in BR livery and owned by Ian Riley, who also owned BR standard class 4 2-6-0 no. 76079 before it was sold to the North Yorkshire Moors Railway. No.45407 has recently undergone a rapid overhaul, which is believed to be the fastest undertaken on a mainline locomotive in preservation at just 14 weeks. The loco is based on the East Lancashire Railway at Bury and is main-line registered until 2020.
The locomotive made an appearance at the beginning of the 2005 black comedy movie Keeping Mum.