45690 Leander

LMS Jubilee Class 4-6-0

The London Midland and Scottish Railway (LMS) Jubilee Class was designed for passenger work. 191 engines were built between 1934 and 1936. They were designed by William Stanier as a development of Henry Fowler's Patriot class. Locomotive 5690 was built at Crewe in March 1936.  After being withdrawn in 1964, Leander was sold to Woodham Brothers scrapyard in Barry, South Wales. Rescued by Brian Oliver in May 1972, she was restored by the Leander Locomotive Society at the Dinting Railway Centre, Glossop.


After later purchase by and running on the Severn Valley Railway, she was again sold into private ownership and is now owned by the Beet family, and currently based at Carnforth.