GWR Route: Banbury to Wolverhampton

Warwick Station: gwrw387

GWR 4-6-0 King class No 6005 'King George II' is working hard at the head of a named express service as it passes Cape Yard circa 1930s. Labour was cheap until the 1930s and the loading and loading of coal and other goods by hand was the norm as illustrated in this view of the coal wagons being emptied. Number 6005 was built at Swindon works in July 1927 and remained in service until November 1962 when it was withdrawn from Old Oak Common shed eventually being scrapped in March 1963 by J Cashmore of Great Bridge.

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