LMS Jubilee Class 5596 Bahamas

London Midland and Scottish Railway (LMS) Jubilee Class 5596 (BR number 45596) Bahamas is a preserved British steam locomotive.

Bahamas at the National Railway Museum

History

5596 was built in 1935 by the North British Locomotive Company in Glasgow. It was named Bahamas in 1936 after the Bahamas, which were then part of the British Empire. After nationalisation in 1948, Bahamas was renumbered by British Railways to 45596, and transferred to Edge Hill, Liverpool.[1]

In 1961 it was unusually fitted with a double blastpipe and chimney, and on return to traffic based at Carlisle. Bahamas was transferred to Stockport in July 1962, from which it was withdrawn from traffic in July 1966.[1]

Bahamas Locomotive Society

Bahamas was withdrawn in 1966, and bought direct from British Railways in January 1967 by the newly formed Bahamas Locomotive Society.[1]

The society took a lease on track based close to Dinting railway station, and created the Dinting Railway Museum, which at its peak used to feature visits by such famous railway engines as Flying Scotsman, Mallard, and A2 Blue Peter and various members of the LMS Jubilee Class.

Closed in 1991, the society and its collection moved to Ingrow West railway station near Keighley, West Yorkshire.[2]

Bahamas is presently undergoing an overhaul at Tyseley Locomotive Works in Tyseley to mainline standard for a return to traffic in around 2017.

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "LMS Jubilee Class 5596 Bahamas". jubilees.co.uk. Retrieved 2008-11-02.
  2. ↑ Brief History of the A2

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