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As 5193 the locomotive started its working life at Stourbridge Junction shed where it was mainly used on suburban passenger trains to Birmingham Snow Hill and Wolverhampton Low Level.

During May 1956 when the turntable at Penzance shed was undergoing repairs 5193 and other members of the class were employed to haul the express passenger trains to avoid express locomotives having to run tender first.

5193 was withdrawn from service June 1962 and sold for scrap to Woodham Brothers and it arrived in the Barry scrapyard in September 1962.
 
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Steam locomotive No. 5197 arrives at the Dartmouth Steam Railway
S160 No.5197, based at the Churnet Valley Railway (CVR), in Staffordshire, has now arrived at the Dartmouth Steam Railway (DSR), which is based in Devon.


Arriving in early February 2018, 5197 will be running on the south coast for four months.

5197’s visit to the Dartmouth Steam Railway is in return for 4277’s visit to the Churnet Valley Railway.
 
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5199 was one of ten locomotives built under Lot 284 (Nos.5190 - 5199) at the GWR's Swindon Works and was completed in November 1934.
Its initial allocation was to Tyseley (Birmingham) shed (GWR code TYS) and it is recorded as being there again on 31st December 1947.
5199 was a mixed traffic locomotive but would probably have predominantly hauled local passenger trains.
Between August 1950 and 1960 it is recorded as allocated to Stourbridge Junction (84F).
1962 saw 5199 shedded at Wolverhampton (Stafford Road) (84A).
Its last shed was Gloucester (Horton Road) (85B) and it was withdrawn in March 1963

After withdrawal and 22 years in Woodham's scrapyard at Barry, No.5199 moved to Toddington in 1985, and on to Llangollen in 1988 where restoration progressed steadily (with some work done at Long Marston) leading to its return to steam in February 2003.
The locomotive has since been a regular performer at Llangollen.
 
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5205 Class locomotive at Swindon Works fresh from repair.
They were designed for short-haul coal trips from coal mines to ports in South Wales. They were based on the 4200 Class which had been introduced by the Great Western Railway in 1910.
The 5205 series were of the same general design and 70 of the 5205 class were built, 5205-5274.
They retained the straight frames of the 4200s, but had outside steam pipes and 19" diameter cylinders so were slightly more powerful than their predecessors.
 
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The engine was built for the Great Western Railway in June 1929 at Swindon Works at a cost of £5209 which included £1,167 for the boiler and £834 for the tender.

Whilst at Plymouth in 1941 a heavy bombing raid took place and Kinlet Hall was severely damaged when it fell into a bomb crater. Although there was extensive damage to the bogie and main frames the locomotive was repaired due to the shortage of motif power at the time. The repairs were carried out at Newton Abbot. Kinlet Hall still carried within its frames evidence of the extent of work required.
 
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