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GWR Route: Banbury to Wolverhampton

Acocks Green & South Yardley Station: gwrag2447

Ex-GWR 2-6-0 43xx Class No 6349 stands at platform 1 with the 6:05pm Snow Hill to Leamington service on 4th May 1959

Ex-GWR 2-6-0 43xx Class No 6349 stands at platform 1 with the 6:05pm Snow Hill to Leamington service on 4th May 1959. The line was normally used by express services but because of the heavy commuter traffic exiting from Birmingham it had to use the up main. Less than ten minutes previously the 5:52pm from Snow Hill would have stopped at platform 3, as the 6:00pm express conveying passengers from Birkenhead to Paddington raced through Acocks Green on the up main. Hard on the heels of the 6:05pm, seen above, would be the 6:25pm selective stopping service from Moor Street. The canvas sheeting rolled up at the back of the cab roof was used by crews in bad weather to protect them from the elements. During the Second World War it was used as a blackout curtain to screen the glare of the fire from enemy aircraft.

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