{"id":620,"date":"2023-11-07T15:39:48","date_gmt":"2023-11-07T15:39:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/5305lt.org.uk\/?page_id=620"},"modified":"2023-11-15T12:59:17","modified_gmt":"2023-11-15T12:59:17","slug":"777-sir-lamiel","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/5305lt.org.uk\/?page_id=620","title":{"rendered":"777 Sir Lamiel"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"620\" class=\"elementor elementor-620\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0e6f905 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"0e6f905\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6038cf3 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"6038cf3\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8225609 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"8225609\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">SR 777 N15 4-6-0 'Sir Lamiel'<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9a9bcb3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"9a9bcb3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"290\" src=\"https:\/\/5305lt.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/777-Sir-Lamiel-Lo-res-1024x290.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-637\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/5305lt.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/777-Sir-Lamiel-Lo-res-1024x290.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/5305lt.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/777-Sir-Lamiel-Lo-res-scaled-600x170.jpg 600w, https:\/\/5305lt.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/777-Sir-Lamiel-Lo-res-300x85.jpg 300w, https:\/\/5305lt.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/777-Sir-Lamiel-Lo-res-768x218.jpg 768w, https:\/\/5305lt.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/777-Sir-Lamiel-Lo-res-1536x435.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/5305lt.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/777-Sir-Lamiel-Lo-res-2048x580.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-90a0363 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"90a0363\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The King Arthurs were originally designed by Robert Urie as N15s under the London and South Western Railway. They were built between 1919 and 1926 and designed to haul heavy express trains.\u00a0They\u00a0 became part of Southern Railway and the Publicity Department gave the class, names associated with the Arthurian Legend of the Knights of the Round Table. Hence becoming known as King Arthur class. Richard Maunsell modified the locos and increased their numbers to 74.<\/p><p>The new locos were built at Eastleigh or Glasgow and the became known as Eastleigh Arthurs or Scotch Arthurs. Sir Lamiel, named after a Welsh Knight was built in June 1925 as a Scotch Arthur by the North British Locomotive Company in Glasgow and was withdrawn from service in October 1961..<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7738c2b e-n-tabs-mobile elementor-widget elementor-widget-n-tabs\" data-id=\"7738c2b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;horizontal_scroll&quot;:&quot;disable&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"nested-tabs.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-n-tabs\" data-widget-number=\"125013035\" aria-label=\"Tabs. 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One of the &#8216;Scotchmen or Scotch Arthurs having been built in Glasgow)<\/p>\n<p>BR Class 5P<\/p>\n<p><strong>Owner<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>National Railway Museum, York, Maintained and operated by the 5305 Locomotive Association.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Builder<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>North British Locomotive Company (NBL) of Glasgow for the Southern Region as they had run out of build capacity.<\/p>\n<p>Built in June 1925<\/p>\n<p><strong>Entered Service<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Summer 1925<\/p>\n<p><strong>Withdrawal<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>30777 was withdrawn from service in October 1961<\/p>\n<p>Upon withdrawal she was&nbsp; saved for the National Collection (now the National Railway Museum) instead of class mate 30453 &#8216;King Arthur&#8217; as she had the correct tender for the class.&nbsp;<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div id=\"e-n-tab-content-1250130353\" role=\"tabpanel\" aria-labelledby=\"e-n-tab-title-1250130353\" data-tab-index=\"3\" style=\"--n-tabs-title-order: 3;\" class=\" elementor-element elementor-element-1e82f32 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"1e82f32\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7e3d500 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"7e3d500\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2b83d6b elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2b83d6b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"margin-bottom: 10px; color: #000000; font-family: 'Droid Sans', sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Restoration From Withdrawal<\/strong><\/p><p><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\">After withdrawal in 1961, Sir Lamiel became part of the National Collection, which later formed the National Railway Museum. The locomotive was stored in various locations before entering the custodianship of 5305LA in 1978 (then based in Hull at Dairycotes as the Humberside Locomotive Preservation Group).<\/span><\/p><p style=\"margin-bottom: 10px; color: #000000; font-family: 'Droid Sans', sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400;\"><strong>First Steaming in Preservation<\/strong><\/p><p>777 returned to steam and mainline condition on 21st February 1982 in Maunsell green livery. The first mainline trip in preservation was over the Settle and Carlisle line on 27th March 1982. Following this, 777 has had a varied and successful mainline career.<\/p><p style=\"margin-bottom: 10px; color: #000000; font-family: 'Droid Sans', sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Main Line and Film Work<\/strong><\/p><p style=\"margin-bottom: 10px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400;\">It appeared (as a Great Western Railway engine) in the ITV crime drama series Agatha Christie&#8217;s Poirot. Series 3 episodes: The Plymouth Express and The Double Clue broadcast in 1991. In 1995 it featured in the BBC Television play Cruel Train, an adaptation of the novel La B\u00eate Humaine telling a tale of a murderous engine driver.<\/p><p style=\"margin-bottom: 10px; color: #000000; font-family: 'Droid Sans', sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Overhauls<\/strong><\/p><p>The HLPG completed major overhaul of 777 in 1989, then in 1995, 777 moved to the Great Central Railway. She was withdrawn from service again in 1996 for another overhaul.<\/p><p>The 5305 Locomotive Association, the successor to the HPLG, then undertook yet another major restoration and overhaul of 777 returning it to traffic in 2006. 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