GWR Route: Banbury to Wolverhampton

Leamington Spa - BR Locomotives: gwrls2048

British Railways built Ivatt 2MT 2-6-0 No 46420, running tender first on a short goods train, crosses on to the down loop line. Built by Crewe works in November 1948, No 46420 is recorded as being withdrawn from Nuneaton shed in January 1965 to be scrapped in March 1965 by J Cashmore's of Great Bridge. However as Richard's photo was taken on 13th March 1965 their must have been an error in the compilation of the records. Richard writes I'm pretty certain of the date, the negative is on a roll of film I used on an SLS/MLS trip to Whitby on 6 March 1965. This raises the possibility that I wrongly recorded the number. I have looked in my notebook on that date and I wrote down 46420p (meaning I photographed it). I must say it looks in too good a condition to be ready for scrapping.

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