New Street station

Birmingham New Street Station: lnwrbns_br4340

British Railways built 2MT 2-6-2T No 41233 enters New Street station on a down local from Rugby circa 1957. It was one of several auto-fitted Ivatt locomotives which worked the Rugby- Leamington-Coventry-New Street service. Built by Crewe works in October 1948, this Ivatt designed class was first built under the direction of the LMS but continued in production after British Railways came into being until their own classes were commissioned. The locomotive was to remain in service until March 1966 when it was withdrawn from 83G Templecombe shed on the former Somerset & Dorset Railway from where it was scrapped by Cohens of Morriston.

Photograph courtesy of John Turner

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