LMS Route: Birmingham West Suburban Railway

Bournville: mrb1

Ex-MR 2F 0-6-0 No 22846 stands on shed fully coaled on Sunday 27 July 1947. Sundays were relatively quiet with few goods services and therefore a good day for the photographer to capture each shed's full allocation of locomotives. Number 22846 was built by the MR to their Class 700 design later given the running number 58111 by BR which it never wore No 22846 was built at Derby works in February 1873 and remained at Bournville shed until withdrawn in September 1949 to be scrapped by Derby works shortly afterwards.

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