L. M. & S. Railway 3 Cylinder Passenger Engine Class 5XP Jubilees. Stanier Taper Boiler Smokebox Front and Cab Variations.

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1 P. L.. & S. ailway 3 Cylinder Passenger ngine Class 5XP Jubilees. Stanier Taper Boiler Smokebox Front and Cab Variations L Scale : 7mm = 1 ft. Dia. No. AB.0310

2 L.. & S. ailway 3 Cylinder Passenger ngine Class 5XP Jubilees. Stanier Taper Boiler P. L Dia. No. AB.0310 Scale : 7mm = 1 ft.

3 Paper size 420 mm x 210 mm L.. & S. ailway 3 Cylinder Passenger ngine Class 5XP Jubilees. Stanier Taper Boiler P. L Scale : 7mm = 1 ft. Dia. No. AB.0310

4 P. L.. & S. ailway 3 Cylinder Passenger ngine Class 5XP Jubilees. Stanier Taper Boiler Plan Views of Boiler and Variations. L Scale : 7mm = 1 ft. Dia. No. AB.0310

5 P. L.. & S. ailway 3 Cylinder Passenger ngine Class 5XP Jubilees. Stanier Taper Boiler Images Became 5642 See Text ¹* L ith a short firebox, domed boiler and a Stanier curved top 3,500 gallon tender.

6 P. L.. & S. ailway 3 Cylinder Passenger ngine Class 5XP Jubilees. Stanier Taper Boiler Images Long firebox locomotive with Stanier 4000 gallon tender. Note 1. The join between firebox and boiler is on the centre line of the middle driving wheel. L 5595 with a Fowler 3500 gallon tender

7 P. L.. & S. ailway 3 Cylinder Passenger ngine Class 5XP Jubilees. Stanier Taper Boiler Images Short firebox locomotive with a domeless boiler and a Stanier curved top 3,500 gallon tender. L Short firebox locomotive with a domed boiler and a Stanier curved top 3,500 gallon tender.

8 AB.0310 L.. & S. ailway Class 5XP Jubilees The London idland and Scottish ailway (LS) Jubilee Class is a class of steam locomotive designed for mainline passenger work. 191 locomotives were built between 1934 and They were built concurrently with the LS Stanier Class The last 5 Patriots of enry Fowler's Patriot class on order, 5552 to 5557, were built with illiam Stanier s taper boiler and so became the first of the Jubilee class. 113 locomotives were ordered straight from the drawing board. They were initially a disappointment; their moderate degree of superheating often left them short of steam. Changes to the blast pipe and chimney dimensions helped to transform them. On 29 April 1935 no. 5552, the first of the class, permanently swapped identities with no which had been named Silver Jubilee on 19 April This change thus giving the name to the rest of the class, they are often associated with the idland Division, i.e. the lines inherited from the former idland ailway. This is because until the late 1950's, it was rare for any 7P locomotives to work south of Leeds. Until then, Jubilees were the largest express engine normally found on the lines running out of St Pancras or radiating from Derby. They could nevertheless be found on main lines throughout the former LS system..p L Although built over only a 3 year period the class had many variations due to improvements being made as they were built. The major differences were: Boilers 10 variations, mainly affecting the number of tubes. The earlier boilers were domeless but later boilers were domed. There were 2 sizes of fire grate area depending on whether the firebox throat plate was straight or sloping. Bogies Approximately 50 of the earlier locomotives were built with ex-claughton bogies which had a 6 3 wheelbase compared to the later locomotives built with new bogies that had a wheelbase of 6 6. Smokebox Saddle The first 113 locomotives were built with a 2 piece saddle, the rest had a conventional 1 piece saddle. Tenders 4 basic patterns were fitted; Fowler 3500 gallon, Fowler high-sided (10 off) Stanier 3,500 gall and Stanier 4,000 gall. owever, taking into account rivets, wheelbase, and welds this can be subdivided into a total of 8 patterns. 1 Technical details Power Classification: 5XP reclassified 6P in 1951, 6P5F in 1955 although 6P continued to be painted on cab sides. ebuilds reclassified 7P in 1951 Introduced: , 2 rebuilt with 2A boilers in 1942 Designer: illiam Stanier eights: Loco 79 tons 11 cwt (original.), 82 t 0 cwt (rebuilt) Tender 54 t 13 cwt Driving heel: 6 ft 9 in Boiler pressure: 225 psi superheated (original.), 250 psi superheated (rebuilt.) Cylinders (3): 17 in x 26 in Tractive ffort: 26,610 lbf. (original.), 29,570 lbf. (rebuilt.) Valve Gear: alschaerts; (piston valves). Jubilee Tender The drawing of the Stanier 3,500 gallon Tender was used as a companion to the illustrated drawing. This drawing depicts one of several types of tenders that have been attached to Stanier s 5x passenger engines generally known as Jubilee s. Only 50 of these tenders were built 40 at Crewe, numbers and and the other 10 by Derby works numbers Derby, however produced most of the drawings and incorporated the brake hanger of 1894 and blocks and rodding that had been in use since Coal capacity was 7 tons and all were built in The tenders were attached to the first Jubilee s built by the LS, at the same time Crew and Derby were turning these out.

9 AB.0310 L.. & S. ailway Class 5XP Jubilees North British were building 50 with 4000 gallon tenders carrying 9 tons of coal and some lasted until the engine was scrapped. See additional notes on the following pages. A very early description of these engines was "Improved Baby Scot" class. The fact is that these engines were not named straight away, and it was not until the " new" 5552 became " Silver Jubilee " that the class generally acquired the popular name of " Jubilees." In all, 191 engines were built eighty-two in 1934, forty-eight in 1935 and sixty-one in Built by:.p L Lot No London idland & Scottish ailway's Crewe orks Lot No North British Locomotive orks, Glasgow (Order No. L885) Lot No London idland & Scottish ailway's Crewe orks Lot No London idland & Scottish ailway's Derby orks Lot No London idland & Scottish ailway's Crewe orks Lot No London idland & Scottish ailway's Crewe orks and exchanged numbers in April The first engines were built with combined steam domes and top feeds as per the drawing, but from 5665 they were built with steam domes and separate top feeds. Later they began to be modified so that the engines with combined dome and top feed then had their boilers fitted with separate domes and top feeds. For example, 5611 had a domed boiler fitted in August hen first built a vacuum pump was fitted to the crosshead, but was later removed; 5572 lost hers in October Another modification in B.. days was the fitting of speedometers, and 5572 received one in June hen first built these engines were unnamed, and 5552 was turned out in crimson lake with a high straight-sided tender. 1 *In 1935 Jubilee No exchanged identities with the first member of the class No and was specially turned out in a gloss black livery with all the bright work, top feed cover, steam pipes and raised numbers chrome plated. At the same time it was named Silver Jubilee to commemorate the Silver Jubilee of King George V in 1935 and thus they became the Jubilee Class. Other engines began to acquire "mpire" names, and a general naming of the class began. A certain amount of tender changing took place during the first couple of years. hen built, ninety-seven had 3,500-gallon tenders and ninety-four 4,000-gallon. The 1936 building programme altered this to read as follows: ,500-gallon curved top ,500-gallon straight side with coal rails ,500-gallon straight side with coal rails (ex " oyal Scot ") ,000-gallon curved top ,500-gallon straight side with coal rails (ex " oyal Scot") ,500-gallon high straight side ,500-gallon curved top ,500-gallon straight side with coal rails ,500-gallon curved top ,000-gallon curved top ,500-gallon straight side with coal rails (ex " oyal Scot") ,000-gallon curved side gallon (ex " oyal Scot"). 2

10 AB.0310 L.. & S. ailway Class 5XP Jubilees In /9/72/90/92/93 and 5602/3 acquired 3,500-gallon high-sided tenders built with the s In the late 1950's some "Jubilees" started to exchange their various 3,500-gallon tenders for 4,000- gallon ones, but even in 1964 some still had Fowler 3,500-gallon tenders..p L Three different boilers were built for this class, and this explains the difference in the heating areas. 1. As originally built. Fire-box and straight back-plate, combined steam dome and top feed. 2. Fire-box with sloping back-plate, separate steam dome and top feed. 3. A variation of 2 with a larger fire-box. The " Jubilees " were bad steamers when first built, but modifications to the blast pipe, chimney and tube plate for additional superheaters helped to put matters right. The smoke-box regulation proved to be a trouble spot, and this accounts for the fact that a change was made and the regulator moved to the steam dome. By 1936 the "Jubilees" were as good as the "Patriots" and the real " Baby Scots " were very good indeed. The next loco to be named was Lord utherford of Nelson. The majority of the Class were nameless at first, but eventually the whole class was named: 86 after names from the British mpire, 39 Admirals, 8 Sea Battles, 44 Ships of the Line, 8 arly Steam Locomotive Names and the Four Provence's of Ireland completing the selection. It was not until 1938 that the final loco was named, all but one of the final 63 being named from new. Although they did not attain the prominence of some of the more powerful express locos, they were hard- working and could be found through-out the LS area working express trains on routes such as the former idland ailway line from St. Pancras, the est Coast route and the Bristol to Birmingham line. Although they had problems with poor steaming at first, they lasted into the 1960's, being withdrawn as a result of British ailways modernisation plans. For a large class, they were fortunate in having a good safety record. The most serious accident involving a Jubilee was the tragic crash at arrow & ealdstone in October 1952, where 111 people died and 349 were injured. The class ended their days working from Leeds olbeck shed, mainly on duties over the Settle & Carlisle line. The first loco withdrawn was indward Islands in December 1952 from dge ill (Liverpool) shed, after being involved in the arrow accident, along with rebuilt Princess oyal Class loco Princess Anne. The first true withdrawal was Gilbert and llis Islands on 2nd September 1960 from Sheffield illhouses shed. The last loco withdrawn was Alberta in October 1967 from Leeds olbeck shed. Four Jubilees are preserved: Kolhapur Bahamas Leander Galatea 3

11 . AB.0310 L.. & S. ailway Class 5XP Jubilees P L 5552Silver Jubilee

12 AB.0310 L.. & S. ailway Class 5XP Jubilees. P L Jubilee cab interior view showing excellent detail of all fittings.