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GWR Route: Banbury to Wolverhampton
GWR Route: North Warwickshire Line
Birmingham Snow Hill Station: gwrbsh2485
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Great Western Railway 2-4-0 481 class No 486 on
the up platform at the north end of Snow Hill Station circa 1900. Locomotive No
486 was built in October 1869 at Swindon Works (Works No 200) as part of lot
20. As built, the parallel boiler had a centrally placed dome (type S3), open
splashers and a spectacle plate, although side plates and then cabs were
subsequently fitted. In October 1887, No 486 was renewed at Swindon Works, with
virtually all the remainder of the class being similarly treated over the
following four years. The frames and forward wheelbase were extended from 7
foot 6 inches to 8 foot 3 inches allowing a Metropolitan class
locomotive boiler (group 30b) with a forward large brass dome (type S2) to be
fitted. The driving wheel splashers were enclosed with a small aperture left
for oiling. Although astatically pleasing and neat locomotives, they lacked the
necessary power and by the turn of the century the class had been relegated to
secondary passenger duties. No 486 was withdrawn in November 1906, but the last
of the class (No 487) survived until March 1921.
Robert Ferris
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