LMS Route: Birmingham-Soho-Perry Barr-Birmingham

Perry Barr Station: lnwrpb1513

Ex-LMS 8F 2-8-0 No 48693, on a north bound freight, comes off the Soho line to join the Grand Junction en-route to Bescot shed. The line to the left proceeds on to Witton and Aston along the original route to Birmingham. The first vehicle behind the locomotive is an old tender used for carrying the sludge drained from the boilers. May 59

Number 48693 was one of the hundreds of locomotives ordered by the Railway Executive during the war and was built by Brighton works in March 1944. It lasted in service until withdrawn from Northwich (CLC Joint) shed in April 1967 to be scrapped by Drapers Ltd of Hull in August 1967.

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