LMS Jubilee Class 5690 Leander

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5690 as preserved in LMS livery at Crewe Works open day, 1 June 2003.

London Midland and Scottish Railway (LMS) Jubilee Class No. 5690 (BR No. 45690) Leander is a preserved British steam locomotive.

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5690 was built at Crewe in March 1936 and named in Leander after HMS Leander, which in turn was named after the Greek hero Leander. After nationalisation in 1948, she was renumbered 45690 by British Railways.

After being withdrawn in 1964, Leander was rescued from Woodham's Scrapyard in Barry, South Wales where she was rescued by the Leander Locomotive Society. After later purchase by and running on the Severn Valley Railway, she was sold into private ownership and is now preserved at the East Lancashire Railway.