LMS Period Locomotives: lnwrbns_lms499

Ex-LNWR 2F 0-6-2T No 7759, a Monument Lane locomotive, is seen shunting stock at the East end of the station during the demolition of the war-damaged great roof circa 1946. Above is the temporary elevated decking used to dismantle the roof whilst to the right are the new canopies being built which were to be temporary structures but which which lasted for nearly twenty years until the rebuilding of the station in the 1960s. Built as LNWR No 417 by Crewe works in December 1886 No 7759 remained in service until October 1950 when it was withdrawn from Abergavenny shed having never carried its allocated British Railways running number, No 58916.

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