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London North Western
Railway:
Midland
Railway:
Stratford
Midland Junction Railway
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LMS Route: Evesham to Birmingham
Alcester Station: mra132a
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Close up of image 'mra132' showing the Midland Railway
Kirtley double framed 0-6-0 locomotive at the head of the goods train passing
through the station. Before the 1880s, motive power used on the line would have
been Kirtley 2-4-0 locomotives on passenger services and, as seen above,
Kirtley 0-6-0 locomotives on goods services. By 1900, Johnson 0-4-4T
locomotives and Johnson M Class 0-6-0 locomotives would be used on services and
by 1914 his 2-4-0 locomotives also began to be seen working passenger and
excursion services. It was not until the early 1930s that larger locomotives
appeared on services south of Redditch when Deeley 0-6-4T tank locomotives and
Fowler Class 3F 0-6-0 tender locomotives began to work on the line. It is
though the use of larger locomotives had been previously prohibited because of
weak bridges on the line south of Redditch which were now strengthened. By the
late 1930s, Fowler & Stanier's 2-6-2T tank locomotives and Fowler Class
483/2P Class 4-4-0s were seen on passenger duties with Fowler 4F 0-6-0
locomotives on freight services.
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