GWR Route: Banbury to Wolverhampton

GWR Route: North Warwickshire Line

Birmingham Snow Hill - British Railways Period Locomotives: gwrbsh1282

Ex-GWR 4-6-0 Modified Hall class No 6962 'Soughton Hall is seen arriving at Platform 5 with the 9 45am (Saturdays Only) Paddington to Wrexham service on 12th August 1961. The train had used the original route via Reading and Oxford to reach Banbury and would continue calling at Wolverhampton Low Level, Wellington, Shrewsbury, Gobawen, Ruabon before reaching its destination. Built at Swindon works to Lot 350 in April 1944 No 6962 remained in service until January 1963 when, as the first Modified Hall to retire, it was withdrawn from Old Oak Common shed to be scrapped in May 1963 at Swindon works.

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