Birmingham New Street Station
LMS Period Locomotives: lnwrbns_lms508
Ex-LNWR 4-4-0 George the Fifth class No 5331 'JP
Bickersteth' is seen arriving at Platform 1 at the head of a Birmingham to
Rugby local passenger service. This evocative photograph captures the almost
pure LNWR atmosphere of New Street's LNWR portion which continued up until the
Second World War. The leading coach behind No 5331 is a LNWR saloon of some
vintage. Built as LNWR No 2271 by Crewe works in October 1910, No 5331 received
its LMS number in July 1927 and continued in service until November 1938 when
it was withdrawn from Dallam shed in Warrington for immediate scrapping by
Crewe works.
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