Riley & Son (E) Ltd website has history and info on 45407 and 44871.

West Coast Railways, is a railway spot-hire company and charter train operator based at Carnforth MPD in Lancashire. They operates and leases special trains for charter operators, filming, company or group travel, and train operating companies. Both 45407 and 44871 work there Jacobit trains from Fort William to Mallaig on the West Highland Line in Scotland for them every season.

The East Lancashire Railway is a twelve-and-a-half-mile heritage railway line in North West England which runs between Heywood and Rawtenstall with intermediate stations at Bury Bolton Street, Burrs Country Park, Summerseat, Ramsbottom and Irwell Vale.

Riley & Son(E) Limited offer a complete range of Locomotive and component overhaul, repair and replacement. The company also owns Network Rail Registered Steam Locomotives, available for private hire and charter work.

The West Highland Line is a railway line linking the ports of Mallaig and Oban in the Scottish Highlands to Glasgow in Central Scotland. The West Highland Railway is one Top Railway Journeys in the World. The Friends of the West Highland Lines give a detail look and history of this most scenic line in the West Highlands of Scotland. Its the route of the Jacobite Steam Train which LMS Black 5 45407 works along every year and Black 5s did also work this line in the 1950s and 1960s. It was 45407 that paved the way for preserved mainline steam to return to the West Highland line in 1984.

Riley & Son (E) Ltd, Premier Locomotive Works & Specialist Contract Painters, Riley & Son (E) Limited offer a complete range of Locomotive and component overhaul, repair and replacement. The company also owns Network Rail Registered Steam Locomotives, available for private hire and charter work, contact them for more information.

Website for this successful preservation scheme. Packed with information about all aspects of the railway. Good photo gallery, history available, news, events and timetable, and much more.