LMS Route: Nuneaton to Birmingham New Street

LMS Route: Birmingham New Street to Tamworth

Saltley Shed: mrsalt1965

Ex-LMS 4-6-0 6P 46132 'The Kings Regiment Liverpool' stands outside Saltley No 3 shed in May 1962. Originally a member of Henry Fowler's 'Royal Scot' class, the locomotive was rebuilt by Stanier replacing the parallel boiler with the tapered boiler seen above. Built in September 1927 by North British Locomotive Company of Glasgow, No 46132 was to remain in service until February 1964 when it was withdrawn from 12A Kingmoor shed in Carlisle. From late 1961, the locomotive was briefly allocated to 21A Saltley shed, but at the time of this photograph, it was about to be transferred via Leeds to Carlisle. In the right-background can be seen the machine conveyor used to load the special coal for the British Railways Standard 9F 2-10-0s, No 92165 to No 92167 which were fitted with mechanical stokers. These locomotives were used for the Washwood Heath to Carlisle long-distance fast goods trains via the Settle and Carlisle line. It had been found that coal from the coal plant was too variable in size, so to avoid jamming the stoker feed-screw, recourse was made to a fuel comprising cobbles.

Trevor Bennett

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