GWR Route: Banbury to Wolverhampton

Warwick Station: gwrw395

GWR 2-6-2T Prairie No 5192 runs in to the station on a down local passenger service probably bound for Stratford upon Avon circa 1930s. The horsebox on the left would have shunted by either a visiting locomotive to either of the nearby goods yards or even by shunting horse a common feature in many railway yards prior to the Second World War. Number 5192 was built at Swindon works in October 1934 and remained in service until June 1963 when it was withdrawn from Stourbridge Junction shed to be scrapped in September 1963 by Swindon works.

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