LMS Route: Rugby to Wolverhampton
LMS Route: Birmingham - Soho - Perry Barr - Birmingham
LMS Route: Birmingham New Street to Harborne

Monument Lane Shed: lnwrmlsh2360

A close up view of LNWR 2-4-0 No 1525 'Abercrombie' with the crew, wearing bowler hats, posed for the camera. The LNWR Society website states they were, 'A class of 96 2-4-0 express engines with 6ft 6in driving wheels built under Ramsbottom and Webb from 1866 to 1873. They were developed from the ‘DX’ 0-6-0 and were intended for express passenger working on the Lancaster & Carlisle, where the ‘Problems’ were having difficulties in adverse weather conditions.

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