GWR Route: Banbury to Wolverhampton

Leamington Spa - GWR Locomotives: gwrls219

GWR 2-6-0 Mogul No 5335 pauses at Leamington on an up train whilst the driver takes the opportunity to oil the motion. Built as a member of the 43xx class at Swindon in December 1917 No 5335 remained in service until November 1958 when it was withdrawn from Llanelly shed and was scrapped in January 1959 at Swindon works. Designed by GJ Churchward and later updated by CB Collett the 43xx class was introduced to fill an urgent need for a general purpose type locomotive. The 43xx class were an immediate success, and the fact that 342 were built (after 1932 with side-window cabs) is a measure of their usefulness. They served throughout the GWR system. From 1936 to 1939 one hundred were withdrawn and the wheels and other parts incorporated in new 'Grange' and 'Manor' engines. Withdrawal of life-expired class members started in 1948, but some remained almost until the end of steam.

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