LMS Route: Rugby to Tamworth
Tamworth Station: lnwr_tam2349
Ex-LMS 6P 4-6-0 No 45523 'Bangor' storms through Tamworth
station on an up express service. Built in parallel boiler form seen in image
'lnwr_tam2348' by Crewe works in March 1933, No
45523 was rebuilt with Stanier's 2A tapered boiler in October 1948 which it
carried throughout its service until it was withdrawn from 1A Willesden shed in
February 1964. A total of 18 Patriot Class locomotives were rebuilt with ten
being undertaken during British Railways ownership.
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