LMS Route: Birmingham West Suburban Railway

Five Ways Station: mrf876

View of the entrance to Bath Row tunnel at Five Ways station looking towards New Street station. Trains departing from New Street station would pass through five tunnels before reaching Five Ways and would also have to combat an incline of 1:75 and 1:80 for most of the way. On occasions this could prove to be quite a challenge to locomotives not in prime condition as the wet rails would cause much slipping. In one instance on 6th June 1960, ex-LMS 4-6-0 5XP No 45662 'Cornwallis' was recorded to have taken 35 minutes whilst hauling the Bradford to Bristol express service mainly due to its sanders not working effectively.

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