GWR Route: Alcester to Hatton Junction

Claverdon Station: gwrc873

The Royal train hauled by ex-LMS 4-6-0 Black 5 No 44919 with HM The Queen Mother on her way to reopen the southern section of the Stratford upon Avon canal on 11th July 1964. Number 44919 was built at Crewe works in December 1945 and lasted in service for exactly thirty-one years before being withdrawn in December 1966 from Oxley shed to be scrapped in August 1967 by J Cashmore of Newport. The train is passing the old station (left) and disused goods yard (right) where the siding is in the process of being removed.

Robert Ferris

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