Birmingham New Street Station - BR Period Locomotives: Ex-LMS 8F 2-8-0 No 48172 is seen standing at platform 3 with train reporting codes indicating its at the head of an up Type 4 working

LMS Routes

London North Western Railway:

Rugby to Wolverhampton
Rugby to Leamington
Rugby to Market Harborough
Nuneaton to Leamington
Coventry Loop Line
Leamington to Weedon
Trent Valley Line
Birmingham New Street to Lichfield
Birmingham New Street to Harborne
Birmingham-Soho-
Perry Barr-Birmingham

Midland Railway:

Nuneaton to Birmingham New Street
Birmingham New Street to Tamworth
Evesham to Birmingham
Hampton in Arden to Whitacre
Birmingham West Suburban Railway
Rugby to Leicester
Water Orton to Walsall
Halesowen to Northfield

Stratford Midland Junction Railway

The Shakespeare Route

BR Period Locomotives: lnwrbns_br2923

Ex-LMS 8F 2-8-0 No 48172 is seen standing at platform 3 with train reporting codes indicating its at the head of an up Type 4 working. In 1962 the British Railways Type 4 code covered 'Express freight train pipe fitted throughout with the automatic brake operative on NOT less than 90% of the vehicles. Maximum speed 55 mph. A maximum speed of 60 mph will apply in respect of certain trains specifically indicated in the Working Timetable'. Built as LMS No 8172 by Crewe works in June 1943, No 48172 was to remain in service until May 1964 when it was officially withdrawn from 82F Bath Green Park shed having been transferred there from 85C Barnwood shed in Gloucester to be stored prior to sale.