Birmingham New Street Station

BR Period Locomotives: lnwrbns_br336

Ex-LMS 4-6-0 5MT 4-6-0 No 45034, one of Stanier's ubiquitous 'Black 5s' is seen standing at the West end of Platform 5 with a northbound express in the Summer of 1959. The chalked headcode indicates the 'diagram' that the locomotive is working and whilst the train is made up of pure passenger coaching stock the headcodes are for a Class 'C' working which covered Parcels, fish, livestock, milk, fruit or perishables, all worked as as an XP (express) service. Built by the Vulcan Foundry Company in September 1934 No 45034 was to remain in service until the final year of steam being withdrawn in February 1968 from Speke Junction shed in Liverpool to be scrapped in May 1968 by TW Ward Ltd of Killamarsh.

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