LMS Route: Evesham to Birmingham & the SMJ Railway

Broom Junction Station: mrbj153

An ex-MR 0-6-4T "Flatiron", No 2027 is seen at the head of a Birmingham New Street to Ashchurch train (via Redditch). The nickname "Flatiron" was given due to the locomotive because the side tanks were thought to look like an old fashioned iron. Number 2027 was built at Derby works in June 1907 and lasted in service until withdrawn in March 1936 from Saltley shed to be scrapped very shortly afterwards. C1933

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