LMS Route: Evesham to Birmingham
Halesowen Junction: mrhj753
LMS 4P 4-4-0 Compound No 1061 is seen at the head of a
relatively heavy express service on 26th June 1929. The tender behind the
locomotive was one of three built to provide a greater coal capacity for
locomotives scheduled for the LMS' services from Euston to Scotland designed to
compete with the LNER's Flying Scotsman service. In reality the LMS' service
was more of a spoiling operation launched just before the LNER service and
designed more to stop the LNER receiving favorable headlines than offering
passengers a real service.
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