LMS Route: Evesham to Birmingham
Barnt Green: mrbg702
Ex-LMS 4-6-0 Class 5 No 45106 on a Western Region special train
is seen coming off the Redditch branch on 9th July 1955. To the left of the
locomotive can be seen the supporting post with its wire bracing the bracket
signal controlling departures from the Redditch branch. Built as LMS No 5106 by
the Vulcan Foundry Company in May 1935 No 45106 was to remain in service until
January 1967 when it was withdrawn from '12A' Kingmoor shed in Carlisle to be
scrapped in May 1967 by GH Campbell of Airdrie.
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