LMS Route: Evesham to Birmingham

Evesham Station: mre556

LMS 2-6-0 Mogul No 42790 is still carrying a fitted freight headcode despite being a light engine. Bob Essery suspects that the engine has run forward from its train standing beyond the footbridge to take water. The open wagon on the left is standing on the now truncated siding, the connection with the running lines now removed. Access to the siding being via the goods shed and the connection with the running lines seen in image 'mre552b'.

This class of locomotive was initially designed by Hughes at Horwich works but on his retirement in 1925 the unfinished design was taken over by Fowler and 'Midlandised' hence the narrow MR tender attached instead of the intended wider L&Y inspired tender. Number 42790 was built at Crewe works to order 5782 in October 1927 and remained in service until withdrawn from Saltley shed in July 1963 for scrapping by J Cashmore of Great Bridge in May 1964.

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