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BR standard class 7 70000 Britannia

BR 70000 Britannia
Britannia at Severn Tunnel Junction, September 2012.jpg
Type and origin
Power type Steam
Builder British Railways Crewe works
Build date 2 January 1951
Specifications
Gauge 4 ft 8 12 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge
Career
Operators British Railways
Class Standard Class 7
Number in class 1st of 55
Numbers 70000
Official name Britannia
Retired 1966
Current owner Royal Scot Locomotive and General Trust
Official Website - Britannia on Icons Of Steam
Type and origin
Power type Steam
Builder British Railways Crewe works
Build date 2 January 1951
Specifications
Gauge 4 ft 8 12 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge
Career
Operators British Railways
Class Standard Class 7
Number in class 1st of 55
Numbers 70000
Official name Britannia
Retired 1966
Current owner Royal Scot Locomotive and General Trust

British Railways (BR) Standard Class 7 (also known as Britannia class), number 70000 Britannia is a preserved steam locomotive, owned by the Royal Scot Locomotive and General Trust.

Britannia was built at Crewe, completed on 2 January 1951. She was the first British Railways standard locomotive to be built and the first of 55 locomotives of the Britannia class. The locomotive was named at a ceremony at Marylebone Station by the then Minister for Transport Alfred Barnes on 30 January 1951.

The BR Locomotive Naming Committee were determined not to use names already in use on other locomotives. They tried to observe this by not selecting the name Britannia for use on 70000 because it was already in use on one of the ex-LMS Jubilee Class locomotives, but Robert Riddles overruled them and the Jubilee had to be renamed.

Britannia was initially based at Stratford (30A) in order to work East Anglian expresses to Norwich and Great Yarmouth, but was also particularly associated with the Hook Continental boat train to Harwich. Subsequently, the loco was based at Norwich Thorpe (w/e 31 January 1959) and March (June 1961) before spending the remainder of her career on the London Midland Region: Willesden (1A) (w/e 30 March 1963), Crewe North (5A) (w/e 25 May 1963), Crewe South (5B) (w/e 19 May 1965) and finally Newton Heath (9D) (w/e 5 March 1966) from where she was withdrawn w/e 28 May 1966,


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