LMS Route: Nuneaton to Birmingham New Street
LMS Route: Birmingham New Street to Tamworth
Saltley Shed: mrsalt438
Three MR 0-6-0 3Fs No 43435, No 43674, No 43680, No 43620
and MR 0-6-0 4F No 43949 are seen at rest around the turntable. Number 43949
was built at Derby works to the MR's class 3835 design by Armstrong Whitworth
in January 1921 and lasted in service until withdrawn from Saltley in December
1964 to be scrapped in March 1965 by J Cashmore of Great Bridge.
Number 43435 was built by Dubbs & Co in 1892 to the MR's
class 1873 design and lasted in service for 70 years being withdrawn from
Saltley shed in April 1962 to be scrapped at Derby the following month. Number
43674, also a class 1873, was built by Kitson & Co in 1900 and it too was
withdrawn from Saltley although it was stored at Badnell Warf from August 1959
until scrapped by Central Wagon Co of Wigan in September 1960.
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