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London North Western
Railway:
Midland
Railway:
Stratford
Midland Junction Railway
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LMS Route: Birmingham New Street to Lichfield
Sutton Coldfield Station: lnwrsc92
Ex-LMS 2-6-2T No 40080 stands at the head of a down service
from Lichfield to New Street station. To the left is the platform canopy which
was destroyed by the accident on 23 January 1955 and which killed seventeen
people. The platforms at Sutton Coldfield were built with brick facing walls
topped with stone paving with gravel hard standing except for the area
immediately in front of the buildings which were paved. On the right is the the
water tank would have supplied the station and adjacent goods yard (which is
out of sight to the left of the photographer). On the top right hand side of
the tank can be seen the ballcock which controlled the level of water within
the tank.
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