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LMS Route: Rugby to Wolverhampton

Marston Green Station: lnwrmg1594

Ex-LMS 4-6-0 5MT No 45344 is seen at the head of an engineering department's loading gauge clearance test train on 24th April 1954

Ex-LMS 4-6-0 5MT No 45344 is seen at the head of an engineering department's loading gauge clearance test train on 24th April 1954. Careful observation will show the test profile projecting above the rear of the coach. The track appears to have been re-laid and it was normal practice to check the loading gauge after such engineering works to ensure trains did not foul lineside structures. Built as LMS No 5344 by the Armstrong Whitworth Company in April 1937 it remained in service until August 1966 when it was withdrawn from Croes Newydd shed near Wrexham to be delivered to J Cashmore of Great Bridge on 3rd March 1967.

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