London Midland and Scottish Railway, Stanier “Black Five” 45212 departs Levisham tender first with the 14:00 Pickering – Grosmont service, 11th April 2009. Originally 5212 it was built by the Armstrong Whitworth Company, Spotswood, Newcastle in 1935. On the formation of British Railways in 1948 45212 was a Fleetwod engine where it would remain until almost the end of steam when it was transfered to Liverpool Speke MPD in 1965, Carlisle Kingmoor MPD in 1966 and finally Lostock Hall MPD from where it was withdrawn in August 1968 at the end of steam on BR.

Midland Railway Johnson class 1F sunting tank built at Derby in 1880. The class was originally fitted with a "half cab" which provided limited protection to the crew. Some were later fitted with a full cab, however 41708 retained its half cab until the end in BR service and for most of its time in preservation. It has now aquired a full cab, something to do with modern standards of living perhaps. 41708 is seen here outside the roundhouse, in the sun, at Barrow Hill, February 2008.

41241 storms into Oxenhope on a service from Keighley, 20th October 2007. At the end of the Second World War the London Midland and Scottish Railway were in desperate need of a modern small tank engine to replace numerous pre-grouping engines on branch line and secondary passenger duties. Chief Mechanical Engineer H G Ivatt developed a 2-6-2T design with incorporating modern labour safing devices such as self-emptying ashpans and rocking grates. Construction began in 1946 and ten were built by the London Midland and Scottish Railway before nationalisation in 1948, and were numbered 1200–9. A further one hundred and twenty were built by British Railways (41210–329) between 1948 and 1952. All but the last ten (built at Derby works) were built at Crewe works. 41241 was built by British Railways at Crewe and entered traffic in September 1949, allocated to Bath Green park MPD. It was withdrawn seventeen years later in December 1966. It was sold to the Keighley and Worth Valley Railway in 1967 and moved from Skipton, from where it had been withdrawn to Keighley under its own power. 41241 hauled the train at the reopening of the branch line in 1968 and has become synonymous with the KWVR ever since

41241 collects its train from Oxenhope carriage shed, 20th October 2007.

41241 departs from Keighley with a service to Oxenhope, 20th October 2007. At the end of the Second World War the London Midland and Scottish Railway were in desperate need of a modern small tank engine to replace numerous pre-grouping engines on branch line and secondary passenger duties. Chief Mechanical Engineer H G Ivatt developed a 2-6-2T design with incorporating modern labour safing devices such as self-emptying ashpans and rocking grates. Construction began in 1946 and ten were built by the London Midland and Scottish Railway before nationalisation in 1948, and were numbered 1200–9. A further one hundred and twenty were built by British Railways (41210–329) between 1948 and 1952. All but the last ten (built at Derby works) were built at Crewe works. 41241 was built by British Railways at Crewe in 1949 and withdrawn in 1966. It was then sold to the Keighley and Worth Valley Railway in 1967 and moved from Skipton to Keighley under its own power.

London Midland and Scottish Railway, Stanier “Black Five” 45212 awaits departure from Goathland with a service to Pickering, 12th April 2009. Originally 5212 it was built by the Armstrong Whitworth Company, Spotswood, Newcastle in 1935. On the formation of British Railways in 1948 45212 was a Fleetwod engine where it would remain until almost the end of steam when it was transfered to Liverpool Speke MPD in 1965, Carlisle Kingmoor MPD in 1966 and finally Lostock Hall MPD from where it was withdrawn in August 1968 at the end of steam on BR.