Black Five Steam Locomotive Posters and Art Prints

A black and white image of a damp misty autumn day on the North Yorkshire Moors as LMS Black 5 "Eric Treacy" leaves Goathland with a full head of steam! The Black Fives were a mixed traffic locomotive, a "do-anything go-anywhere" type, designed by William Stanier and several members of the class survived to the last day of steam on British Railways in 1968, with eighteen of the type making it into preservation.

A black and white image of 5428 LMS Class 5 or "Black Five" as the class is lovingly called. 5428 is a steam locomotive built in 1937 for the London, Midland and Scottish Railway (LMS). In 1967 it was withdrawn from British Rail service, preserved and named Eric Treacy after the former Bishop of Wakefield, an eminent railway photographer. The Black Fives were a mixed traffic locomotive, a "do-anything go-anywhere" type, designed by William Stanier and several members of the class survived to the last day of steam on British Railways in 1968, with eighteen of the type making it into preservation. 5428 is photographed here on the North Yorkshire Moors Railway near Goathland.

Front of vintage steam engine

Black and white, comics style illustration of an old steam engine

taken at great central railway quorn this is a prime example of british industrial transport at its finest.

A black and white image of Modified Hall Class 4-6-0 No. 7903 Foremarke Hall, built in March 1949 and withdrawn from British Rail service in 1964. Although this engine could be considered a GWR engine, it was built after nationalisation, hence was always a BR engine. Photographed here on a sunny autumn day on the Gloucestershire and Warwickshire Steam Railway.

A black and white image of Hall class locomotive 6990 Witherslack Hall on the North Yorkshire Moors Railway near Gothland, home of the TV series Heartbeat. Witherslack Hall was built by British Railways to a GWR design in 1948 and withdrawn in 1966.

Steam locomotive on display

Black Prince steam locomotive at Holt train station on the Norfolk Poppy Line

A steam locomotive rolls through the Austrian countryside. Photograph especially for train-spotters and anyone who is passionate about steam engines as a mode of travel.

Black Prince steam train at Holt train station on the Norfolk Poppy Line

Patent Print of Steam Train on black chalkboard. View our SHOP - COLLECTIONS for similar themes and patent ideas.

Patent Print of steam train on black chalkboard. View our SHOP - COLLECTIONS for similar themes and patent ideas.

Patent Print of steam train on black and white. View our SHOP - COLLECTIONS for similar themes and patent ideas.

Patent Print of Steam Train on black and white. View our SHOP - COLLECTIONS for similar themes and patent ideas.

Locomotive Patent Blueprint (1886)

Black and white photograph of a Bure Valley steam train coming in to Wroxham railway station

Black and white photograph of a vintage steam train at the train station in Sheringham on the Norfolk Poppy Line

Black and white photograph of a vintage steam locomotive at Holt railway station on the Norfolk Poppy Line

Black and white photograph of a vintage steam train at Holt railway station on the Norfolk Poppy Line

A black and white image of steam Dreams rail tour from Cardiff to London Paddington on 1st August 2019, pulled by B1 Mayflower and 44871 LMS Stanier Black Five. It's not often a steam tour is a double header. Mayflower, an LNER Thompson Class B1 as captured here at sunset as she passes through Gloucestershire.

A black and white image of British Railways standard class 9F railway engine 92134, photographed light engine (without a train) on a rainy day on the North Yorkshire Moors Railway. The 9F was designed for use on fast, heavy freight trains over long distances. It was one of the most powerful steam locomotive types ever constructed in Great Britain.

Black and white photograph of a vintage steam train at Sheringham train station on the Norfolk Poppy Line

A black and white image of two Great Western Railway Class 4575 small prairies working together in the Royal Forest of Dean. Engine 5541 is a resident engine on the Dean Forest Railway with Engine 5521 as a visiting locomotive. 5521 is painted in London Transport colours and carries the number L150 to commemorate the 150th anniversary of the Metropolitan line.

A black and white image of Southern Railways locomotive 34027 "Taw Valley" depicted pulling the boat train from London Waterloo to Southampton Ocean Terminal. The headboard indicates that the liner at Southampton Docks will be one of Holland American's fleet of liners. The photograph was taken at Arley Station on the Severn Valley Railway.

A black and white image of BR Standard Class 7 number 70013 Oliver Cromwell running as the "Red Dragon". The Red Dragon was an express passenger train between London Paddington and Swansea in Wales. The 720 indicates this is the "Up" train, IE the return to London. The BR Standard Class 7, otherwise known as the Britannia Class, is a class of 4-6-2 Pacific steam locomotive designed for mixed traffic duties.

A black and white image of BR Fairburn 4MT No. 42073 at Lakeside Railway Station, Windermere in the English Lake District. This Locomotive is on the Lakeside and Haverthwaite Railway at the southern end of Lake Windermere, running along the Leven Valley. Only two Fairburn 4MT Locomotives have survived into preservation and they are both based on this railway!

A digital drawing depicting the steam locomotive Flying Scotsman as it would have been seen Circa 1930. This is the classic image of Flying Scotsman with the letters LNER on the tender and 4472 on the cab. From 1928 to 1936 Flying Scotsman had a corridor tender giving the crew access to the locomotive from the train. This enabled it to travel the 392 miles from London to Edinburgh in eight hours changing the crew without stopping. By 1936 the non-stop service was being carried out by the streamlined A4s and Flying Scotsman reverted to a non-corridor tender.

A digital drawing depicting the steam locomotive Flying Scotsman with number 60103 as it would have been seen between 1961 and 1963. In 1954 it was converted to left hand drive with the vacuum exhaust ejector pipe and the reversing rod moved to the left-hand side from the right and painted in BR green. In 1959 the chimney was replaced with a double chimney and in 1961 the smoke deflectors were added. Flying Scotsman ended service with its last scheduled run on 14 January 1963.

A black and white illustration of Doc Browns steam train time machine from the last movie in the Back to the future trilogy. Back to the Future III. This scene took me by surprise, Marty thought he would never see Doc again, and then Doc appears in this locomotive time machine.

A black and white image of K1 Class number 62005, a London and North Eastern Railway (LNER) designed locomotive, built in 1949 for British Railways. It's photographed here on the North Yorkshire Moors Railway (NYMR) near Goathland. Light Engine is a railway term for a locomotive operating without a train for relocation or operational reasons.

A digital drawing depicting the steam locomotive Flying Scotsman as it would have been seen Circa 1925. The locomotive was built in 1923, numbered 1472 and had no name. It was renumbered 4472 and given the name "Flying Scotsman" just before it represented LNER as its flagship locomotive at the British Empire Exhibition, at Wembley Park in 1924. It represented LNER again at the 1925 exhibition and this artwork depicts Flying Scotsman as it would have appeared, with its number on the low sided tender and the LNER crest on the cab.

A black and white image of Flying Scotsman on the Cathedrals Express rail tour along the Severn Estuary on 19th May 2017. Flying Scotsman is the most famous locomotive in the world and this tour had crowds on every bridge waiting for a glimpse of this Icon. Photograph taken near Westbury-on-Severn, Gloucestershire as the sun was setting.

44871 and 45690 are being prepared for their days running at Keighley and Worth Valley Railway on a snowy March 2023 morning

A black and white image of Flying Scotsman on the Cathedrals Express rail tour from Bristol on 23rd May 2017. Flying Scotsman is the most famous locomotive in the world and this tour had crowds on every bridge waiting for a glimpse of this Icon. This photograph was taken at Severn Tunnel Junction.

Flying Scotsman LNER number 4472 became the first steam locomotive to be officially authenticated at a speed of 100 MPH on the 30th November 1934 on a special test run. Unofficially the GWR locomotive 3440 City of Truro was timed at running in excess of 100 mph during a run from Plymouth to London in 1904.