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London North Western
Railway:
Midland
Railway:
Stratford
Midland Junction Railway
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LMS Route: Birmingham New Street to Lichfield
Butlers Lane: lnwr_blane1539
A 3-car Derby Suburban DMU, later TOPS class 116, leaves
Butlers Lane for Birmingham New Street in May 1966. These units started to
appear on Birmingham - Lichfield services about this time having previously
been Western Region sets allocated to Tyesley and used on services out of
Birmingham Snow Hill. Later they took over completely and supplemented by cast
offs from elsewhere remained on the route until electrification. Note the blank
destination indicator above the centre cab window, probably the correct blind
had not yet been fitted. The bridge carries Butlers Lane and as there was no
footbridge it was the only official public route between the up and down
platforms. Andy Lawton
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