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London North Western
Railway:
Midland
Railway:
Stratford
Midland Junction Railway
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LMS Route: Rugby to Wolverhampton LMS Route: Birmingham -
Soho - Perry Barr - Birmingham LMS Route: Birmingham New Street to
Harborne
Monument Lane Shed: lnwrmlsh2251
British Railways built 5MT 4-6-0 No 44687 is seen being serviced
at Monument Lane on 4th August 1960. Allocated at the time to Longsight shed,
No 44687 was one of two 'Black Fives' locomotives to be equipped with Caprotti
valve gear and Skefko roller bearings together with a double chimney. The
Caprotti valve gear changed the physical look of the locomotive as the design
of the piston and its connecting valve gear caused the running plate to be
placed much higher than on the standard engines. These developments were part
of an ongoing programme to increase the mileage between services and to improve
the consumption of coal. The other locomotive so equipped, No 44686, was to be
allocated to Monument Lane shed early in 1960. Both locomotives were built at
Horwich works with No 44687 being built in May 1951 and remaining in service
until January 1966 when it was withdrawn from 8M Southport shed.
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