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GWR Routes: Banbury to Wolverhampton
GWR Routes: North Warwickshire Line
Moor Street Station: gwrms1101
Ex-GWR 2-6-2T No 4173 is seen at the head of the 3.10pm
local passenger working to Henley in Arden on 6th June 1957. On the left is
ex-GWR 2-6-2T No 4112 running bunker first on the 3.20pm to Leamington Spa.
Both locomotives were 51xx class locomotives with No 4173 being built at
Swindon works to Lot 369 in October 1949 and withdrawn from Stourbridge
Junction shed on December 1964 to be scrapped by J Cashmore of Great Bridge in
April 1965. Class mate No 4112 was rebuilt as a class member at Swindon works
to Lot 292 in October 1936 and remained in service until September 1962 when it
was withdrawn from Banbury shed to be scrapped during December 1963 again by J
Cashmore of Great Bridge.
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