Britannia approaching Bath, while on the Cathedrals Express railtour in 2012
Type and origin
Power type
Steam
Builder
British Railways Crewe works
Build date
2 January 1951
Specifications
Configuration:
• Whyte
4-6-2
• UIC
2′C1′h2
Gauge
4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge
Driver dia.
6 ft 2 in (1.880 m)
Trailing dia.
3 ft 3+1⁄2 in (1.003 m)
Length
68 ft 9 in (20.96 m)
Width
8 ft 8+3⁄4 in (2.66 m)
Height
13 ft 0+1⁄2 in (3.98 m)7004
Axle load
20.50 long tons (20.83 t; 22.96 short tons)
Adhesive weight
61.50 long tons (62.49 t; 68.88 short tons)
Loco weight
94.00 long tons (95.51 t; 105.28 short tons)
Tender weight
49.15 long tons (49.94 t; 55.05 short tons)
Tender type
BR1
Fuel type
coal
Fuel capacity
7.0 long tons (7.1 t; 7.8 short tons)
Water cap.
4,250 imp gal (19,300 L; 5,100 US gal)
Firebox:
• Grate area
42 sq ft (3.9 m2)
Boiler
BR1
Boiler pressure
250 psi (1.72 MPa)
Heating surface:
• Firebox
210 sq ft (20 m2)
• Tubes and flues
2,264 sq ft (210.3 m2)
Superheater:
• Heating area
718 sq ft (66.7 m2)
Cylinders
Two, outside
Cylinder size
20 in × 28 in (508 mm × 711 mm)
Performance figures
Tractive effort
32,150 lbf (143.0 kN)
Factor of adh.
4.23
Career
Operators
British Railways
Class
Standard Class 7
Power class
7MT
Number in class
1st of 55
Numbers
70000
Official name
Britannia
Retired
May 1966
Current owner
Royal Scot Locomotive and General Trust
Disposition
Preserved
Official Website - Britannia on Icons Of Steam
British Railways Standard Class 7 'Britannia Class' No. 70000 Britannia is a preserved steam locomotive, owned by the Royal Scot Locomotive and General Trust.
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The BRStandard steam locomotives were an effort to standardise locomotives from the motley collection of older pre-grouping locos. Construction started...
"standard" classes. Preserved Class 7 locomotive No. 70000, built in 1951, was also named Britannia. The Britannia Building Society traded for over a century before...
another is assigned. SR Class U 31625 is TOPS 98426 as it would otherwise duplicate GWR 7325 (TOPS 98425), BRStandardClass 8 71000 Duke of Gloucester...
trains before the junction with the main line. Visiting BRStandardClass770000Britannia was the first locomotive to officially be turned on the Norton...
workshop space, as Crewe LSL is focused on getting 60532 and 70000 back to mainline service standard. Bittern left Crewe in June 2018 and was transported by...
locomotive allocation was to Stratford who adopted a policy of allocating 70000Britannia whenever possible. At this time the train weight had grown to 485 tons...
later at Cromer. The train, usually hauled by a LNER Thompson Class B1 or a BRStandardClass7 ran along the Great Eastern main line to Norwich; the heyday...
from Crewe to Coton Hill". RailAdvent. 2 May 2024. Retrieved 28 May 2024. "70000 undergoing repairs to motion". Steam Railway. No. 549. September 2023. p...
of BR's new Standard locomotives, 70000 'Britannia', for its Great Eastern Main Line workings to Norwich in 1951. BR built 396 locomotives to ex-LNER designs...
hauling the train from Wolferton as far as King's Lynn from where 70000Britannia took over for the rest of the journey to King's Cross. Other than the...
UK Steam timings for tour "70000 undergoing repairs to motion". Steam Railway. No. 549. September 2023. p. 41. "Britannia failed as crosshead shatters...
Rail's (BR) freight operations were split into two divisions Railfreight Distribution (RfD) and Trainload Freight (TLF). RfD took over BR's Freightliner...
2012, BR70000Britannia hauled the royal train, taking the Prince of Wales from Preston to Wakefield for a renaming ceremony to commemorate 70000's recent...
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