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GWR Route: Banbury to Wolverhampton

GWR Route: North Warwickshire Line

Birmingham Snow Hill - British Railways Period Locomotives: gwrbsh1320

Ex-GWR 4-6-0 County class No 1022 'County of Northampton' is seen arriving with the 9 20am Birkenhead Woodside to Bournemouth West express on 17th June 1957

Ex-GWR 4-6-0 County class No 1022 'County of Northampton' is seen arriving with the 9 20am Birkenhead Woodside to Bournemouth West express on 17th June 1957. Standing light engine on the up through road is ex-GWR 0-6-0PT No 9614 waiting for signals to clear a path to run bunker first to Tyseley shed. Built at Swindon works to Lot 376 in December 1946 No 1022 remained in service until October 1962 when it was withdrawn from Shrewsbury shed to be scrapped in January 1964 by TW Ward of Killamarsh near Sheffield. Pannier Tank No 9614 was a member of the 57xx class and was built at Swindon works to Lot 352 in September 1945 and remained in service until July 1966 when it was withdrawn from Stourbridge Junction shed to be scrapped in November 1966 by Garnham Harris & Elton of Chesterfield.

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