The London, Midland and Scottish Railway (LMS) Stanier Class 5 4-6-0, commonly known as the Black Five, is a class of 4-6-0 steam locomotives. It was introduced by William Stanier and built between 1934 and 1951.

LMS Stanier Class 5MT 4932, is a preserved British steam locomotive. It is one of 18 surviving members of the Black 5 class which had 842 members constructed by five manufacturers. 44932 is the sole remaining member of the class which was built at the LMS 's Horwich Works.

The British Railways Standard Class 5MT 4-6-0 is one of the 12 BR standard classes of steam locomotive built by British Railways in the 1950s. It was essentially a development of the LMS Stanier Class 5 4-6-0 ("Black Five"). A total of 172 were built between 1951 and 1957.

In the history of British steam locomotives, no locomotives have ever been as universally popular as the Stanier 5MT class, the Black Fives. They were undoubtedly the most efficient design of general purpose mixed traffic engine ever seen in Britain. Suitable for almost any duty.

The LMS Stanier Class 5 is a type of 4-6-0 steam locomotive which was built between 1934 and 1951 with several variations. The locomotive is almost universally known as the Black Five, due to their black color scheme and their power class of 5MT.

The Black 5 locomotive, officially known as the LMS Class 5MT, is one of the most iconic steam engines in British railway history. Designed by Sir William Stanier for the London, Midland and Scottish Railway (LMS), it first appeared in 1934 and remained in …

The Stanier Moguls were arguably the first design of locomotive by the LMS’s new Chief Mechanical Engineer, William Stanier. 13245 appeared on 21st October 1933, some four months after 6200 The Princess Royal, although the latter had been rushed through production as a prestige engine.

In 1934, the London, Midland and Scottish Railway introduced William Stanier's Class 5 locomotive, a multipurpose locomotive that proved immensely useful. They were initally nicknamed "Black Staniers" by contrast with the "Red Staniers" - the Jubilee class of express passenger locomotive.

Designed by Stanier, they were described as the "go-anywhere, do-anything" locomotive and a whopping 842 were built between 1934 and 1951.

LMS '5MT' Class (Black 5) - 44901 The 'Black 5's' introduced by Sir William Stanier on the London Midland & Scottish R ailway in 1934 were certainly one of the most successful locomotives ever designed for a British Railway.