BR Standard, No.73082 "Camelot"
"Camelot" was one of the Southern Region's allocation of Standard 5s, and when the King Arthur class, which they replaced, were being withdrawn, a staff suggestion led to the names being transferred to the new engines. Modern engines with roller bearings, highly capable and easy to maintain, they were withdrawn long before they were worn out thanks to BR's rush to get rid of steam in the 1960s.
A survivor of Barry Scrapyard, "Camelot" is the only remaining one of these named Standard 5s. It was returned to working order thanks to the dedication of the Camelot Society, which carried out fund-raising and engineering work. The latter included the construction of a brand-new tender body, fitted to frames recovered from a South Wales Ironworks, since, like so many Barry locos, it had lost its tender. It was a core member of the Bluebell's loco fleet for the decade after it returned to traffic in 1995.
In preparation for its recent overhaul, the Camelot Locomotive Society prepared the loco for the boiler lift, major work has been undertaken on the wheelsets and the roller-bearings, the boiler has received heavy repairs off-site, and the overhaul and painting was completed in October 2015.
To mark 60 years since 73082 was constructed at Derby in 1955, although relaunched complete with its nameplates at the Giants of Steam weekend in 2015, it ran for the following year without nameplates, to mark this anniversary. Camelot received its nameplates at Eastleigh works in August 1959, whilst still carrying the early BR tender emblem, and now carries them.
