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GWR Route: Banbury to Wolverhampton
GWR Route: North Warwickshire Line
Tyseley Shed: gwrt314
In gleaming and pristine condition ex-ROD 2-8-0 No 3008 is
seen standing full coaled inside Tyseley shed in August 1932. Built as ROD No
2017 for the Railway Operating Department as part of the emergency powers
adopted during World War One by the North British Locomotive Works in May 1919
it was purchased by the GWR and remained in service until September 1948 when
it was withdrawn from Stafford shed in Wolverhampton to be scrapped during July
1949 by Swindon works.
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