GWR Route: North Warwickshire Line

Henley in Arden - New Station: gwrha467a

In this close up of image 'gwrha467' an unidentified GWR 2-6-2T Prairie tank engine with a four coach train is waiting for the right of way to come off the spur on to the down line. Its not known why the train was on the line because there were no services through to the old station nor was it a stabling point.

The date of the photograph is unknown so it might be a locomotive special for one of the many societies that ran such excursions during the 1950s and 60s. The water tower is a standard GWR design whilst the gas lamps date back to 1908 when the line opened.

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