LMS Route: Birmingham New Street to Lichfield

Four Oaks: lnwrfo51

Looking towards Lichfield with two ex-LMS 'Stanier' 4MT 2-6-4T locomotives standing at two of the station's three platforms. The majority of the "all stations to Birmingham" local passengers trains started from Four Oaks. The train on the left having just arrived on a local passenger service from Birmingham whilst the train on the right is just about to depart.

Although the photograph was taken in June 1949, some 18 months after nationalisation, this scene is pure LNWR/LMS with the only BR corporate identity being addition of the number 4 before the LMS running number. There is no sign of either a BR logo or LMS lettering on locomotive's tank sides probably because the decision to adopt the "cycling" lion had only just been made and priority would be focused on locomotives being out-shopped.

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