LMS Route: Birmingham New Street to Harborne

Harborne Station: lnwrh2190

View of an unidentified ex-LNWR 2-4-2T locomotive standing at Harborne station in November 1934. On the left are a variety of open wagons used primarily to transport coal and other mineral goods into Harborne. The locomotive is most likely to be travelling to the turntable to be turned to face the opposite direction. Despite being equipped to travel bunker first many crews disliked to run in this manner because of the discomfort created by the wind blowing dust into their eyes. Such was the dislike it was not unknown for crews to use their break times to carry out this procedure.

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