Steam Locomotive Information

Here is the photo album for British Railways No. 73156, a 4-6-0 located in Loughborough, Leicestershire. If you would like to suggest additional photos for this album, please click here.

Back in it's BR service days, class 5 73156 heads the 'Master Cutler' heading for Sheffield.

Outside the workshops, in steam at Loughborough on June 18th 2018.

Running tender first at the Great Central Railway Winter Gala on January 25th 2018.

Britiah Railways class 5 No. 73156 gets into it's stride on the Great Central Railway during the their Winter Gala, 24th January 2020.

73156 meets Taff Vale Railway No.85 at the North Yorkshire Moors Railway Gala on 23 September 2022.

Photographed on its home railway, the Great Central, during their Autumn Steam Gala on 1st October 2022.

A nice back lit photo of this BR Class 5 loco when it was visiting the Bluebell Railway's Giants of Steam Gala from the 15th of October 2022

Two BR Standard 4-6-0s at the Bluebell Railway's Giants of Steam Gala on 15th of October 2022. On the left is resident Standard Class 4 75027 and, on the right, visiting from the Great Central Railway is Standard Class 5 73156.

A nice study of the loco during the Great Central Railway's Winter Steam Gala on 28th January 2023.

73156 coupled to sister BR Class 5 73082 during the Great Central Railway's Winter Steam Gala on 28th January 2023.

73156 with 75069 running round their train at Leicester East station during the Great Central Railway's Winter Steam Gala on 27th January, 2024.


British Railways 4-6-0 No. 73156 Loughborough, Leicestershire, UK	Location: Great Central Railway Status: Operational