LMS Jubilee Class 5593 Kolhapur

London Midland and Scottish Railway Jubilee Class 5593 (BR number 45593) named "Kolhapur" is a preserved British steam locomotive.

ervice

5593 was built in 1934 by the North British Locomotive Company of Glasgow, Works number 24151, and part of Lot 118. In May 1936 she was named "Kolhapur" after Kolhapur, a princely state in western India.

Initially built with a low degree superheat domeless boiler, she received a domed boiler in April 1937.

5593 hauled the train carrying Winston Churchill from Liverpool on his return from talks with President Roosevelt in 1942.

After nationalisation in January 1948 she was renumbered 45593 by British Railways in December of that year. She was allocated to various sheds during the 1950s and 1960s, including Longsight, Carlisle Upperby, Willesden, Aston, Burton, Patricroft and Newton Heath.

In April 1966 she was transferred to Leeds Holbeck and was kept there in good condition to work railtours over the Settle-Carlisle Railway. She was also given a yellow cabside warning stripe to indicate that she was barred from the electrified West Coast Main Line south of Crewe where she was out-of-gauge. She was withdrawn in October 1967.

Preservation

45593 was bought in good condition January 1968 by the then Standard Gauge Steam Trust. She was restored during the 1980s to LMS crimson lake livery. In 1994 she temporarily assumed the identity and special livery of scrapped sister and class pioneer 5552 "Silver Jubilee" for the silver jubilee of the preserved Great Central Railway. She was repainted into BR green in 1995.

45593 is currently out of service at Barrow Hill Engine Shed but is undergoing restoration to working order.

In 2008, Kolhapur appeared at the York Railfest along with GWR 4073 Class 7029 Clun Castle. She will return to Tyseley for the Tyseley 100 celebrations. For this, she will be repainted into the LMS crimson lake livery.

External links

* [http://www.vintagetrains.co.uk/tlw_5593.htm Vintage trains page]
* [http://www.jubilees.co.uk/details/45593/ Jubilees page]
* [http://www.railuk.co.uk/steam/getsteam.php?number=45593 Railuk database]
* [http://ukhrail.uel.ac.uk/cgi-bin/rlylocos?NO=5593&NA=Kolhapur&CL=&CO=ANY&BL=&WN=&LO= Preserved locomotive database]