GWR Route: Banbury to Wolverhampton

Hockley and Duddeston: gwrhd721a

This close up of image 'gwrhd721' shows an unidentified half-cab 0-6-0PT running bunker first as it marshals a train in the sidings adjacent to the old Outwards shed. Frank Popplewell notes in one of his articles that numbers 1947 and 1955 of the '850' class and number 2092 of the '2021' class were recorded on duty between 1933 and 1936. Number 5790 was also noted on duty in 1937, a precursor to the class dominating the working in the post-war period. All the locomotives were shedded at Tyseley travelling to the yard to commence duties.

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