GWR Route: Banbury to Wolverhampton

Pre-grouping Locomotives at Leamington: gwrls828a

An unknown GWR '35xx' class 'Metro' 2-4-0T is seen on 20th August 1910 at the head of a local down train comprising six-wheel stock. This class of locomotives were nicknamed 'Metro' because they used on the Metropolitan Railway with condensing gear. They were built over a thirty year period starting in 1869 with the last being shopped at Swindon in 1899. The class operated across the county but only two were actually withdrawn from a local shed, Stratford-upon-Avon, No 627 in October 1928 and No 620 in November 1928.

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