Birmingham New Street Station
LMS Locomotives: lnwrbns_lms4346
LMS 4-6-0 'Jubilee Class No 5595 'Southern Rhodesia' stands
at Birmingham New Street Station on 29th April 1937. The locomotive's curved
nameplate and plaque are covered, ready for the naming ceremony arranged for
27th May 1937. Built by the North British Locomotive Company in January 1935
the locomotive had been reboilered by the time this photograph was taken. The
locomotive was renumbered by British Railways in September 1949 which it
carried until January 1965 when it was withdrawn from 5A Crewe North shed to be
scrapped by J Cashmores of Great Bridge.
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