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London North Western
Railway:
Midland
Railway:
Stratford
Midland Junction Railway
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LMS Route: Rugby to Wolverhampton
Stechford Station: lnwrstfd1308
Ex-LMS 2-6-0 5MT 'Mogul' No 42974 is seen with a guards van
behind the tender shunting in the up yard of Stechford station on 31st May
1961. The yards extensive sidings and goods shed can be seen in this photograph
reflecting the large and varied amount of goods traffic once handled in this
part of Birmingham. An Aston Shed (21D) engine at the time, No 42974 was built
at Crewe works in January 1934 and remained in service until September 1965
when it was withdrawn from the Cheshire Lines Committee Heaton Mersey shed to
be scrapped in December 1965 by TW Ward Ltd of Beighton near Sheffield.
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