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Solihull Station: gwrs1016

GWR 2-6-2T 61xx class No 6105 rests between duties on a short Permanent Way train at Solihull station

GWR 2-6-2T 61xx class No 6105 rests between duties on a short Permanent Way (PW) train at Solihull station on 25th October 1959. The GWR 20 ton Guards Van fitted with a single large open veranda seen above was allocated from Coton Hill, Shrewsbury. All GWR Guards Vans were allocated to specific goods yards and were not available for common use. Built at Swindon works to Lot 269 in May 1931 and first allocated to Slough shed, No 6105 remained in service until March 1960 when it was withdrawn from Didcot shed to be scrapped twenty-nine years after building by Swindon works in May 1960.

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