Standard Five Fund We need your help to restore the only Caprotti fitted BR Standard Five 73129 back to steam! "Roofing our Future" helps secure the vehicles in our collection, now we want to bring some of those vehicles back to life! BR Standard 5 No. 73129 isn’t just another steam engine — it’s the only surviving Standard 5 fitted with Caprotti valve gear. A truly unique piece of British engineering history, and right now, it needs your help to steam again. We’re inviting railway enthusiasts a

Does anyone else have a favourite thing about steam locomotives? 🤔 Personally, mine is the Conrods, valve gear etc! 😌 All of those parts move in perfect rhythm and it really does make me realise how incredible the people who designed them really are! 🤗 This started off as an idea in someone's mind, and I just can't fathom it out 🧐 Incredible to me! 😍 #steamlocomotives #steamlocomotive #steamtrain #HeritagePreservation #steamtrainsofbritain #steamtrain #englishlocomotives | Hannah's railway