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London North Western
Railway:
 Midland
Railway:
 Stratford
Midland Junction Railway
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LMS Route: Birmingham West Suburban Railway
Bournville Shed: mrb1554
British Railways built B1 4-6-0 No 61284 is seen standing
over the ash pit at Bournville shed in October 1957. The B1 was allocated to
40B Immingham shed at the time and is thought to have worked into New Street
with a service from the Cleethorpes area. Built in February 1948 by the North
British Locomotive Company of Glasgow, No 61284 was to remain in service until
September 1962 when it was withdrawn from 40A Lincoln shed (Great Northern) to
be scrapped by A Loom of Spondon. The train No 61284 had brought in to
Birmingham was, to our knowledge, the only regular passenger train to use the
short section of ex-GC line between Pelham Street Junction and Lincoln St
Mark's until the Newark chord was connected, making this the main line from
Newark to Cleethorpes. British Main Line Services in the Age of Steam mention
that it was introduced as a summer train in the late 1930s. It was
re-introduced after the Second World War and ran until the early 1960s.
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