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London North Western
Railway:
Midland
Railway:
Stratford
Midland Junction Railway
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LMS Route: Stratford Midland Junction - The Shakespeare
Route
LMS Route: Evesham to Birmingham
Broom Junction North Signal Box: smj_brm406
Ex-Midland Railway 3F 0-6-0 No 43222 passes Broom North
Signal Box with a SLS Railtour on 29th April 1956. The Stephenson Locomotive
Society Railtour commenced at Kings Cross and proceeded to Hertford, Hitchin,
Bedford, 0lney, Towcester, Stratford, Broom, Redditch, New Street to return to
Euston via Coventry, Leamington, Rugby. The locomotive has just completed the
Stratford upon Avon to Broom section of the former SMJ line and is now heading
towards New Street via Barnt Green. Built as Midland Railway No 3222 by Derby
works in 1890, the locomotive was allocated No 43222 in July 1949 which it
retained until June 1959 when it was withdrawn from 41B Sheffield Grimesthorpe
shed to be scrapped.
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