LMS Route: Birmingham New Street to Tamworth

Tamworth High Level Station: mrthl127

MR curved outside frame 0-6-0 No 2846 is seen standing in the yard during the last days of the Midland Railway's existence as a separate entity. The MR, despite being the second largest constituent company of the LMS after the LNWR, became the greatest influence because at the time of grouping its officers, in most departments, had greater seniority (more years in service).

Even where this was not immediately the case, such as when the first CME of the LMS was Hughes formerly CME of the Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway, his early retirement in 1925 saw Fowler CME of the MR take over the LMS position. This meant that the LMS adopted many of the MR's practices and procedures. Above we see the locomotive number displayed on the tender a practice adopted by the MR in 1925. The purpose behind this practice was to make identifying the locomotive much easier at night as part of the train recording system. C1922

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