LMS Route: Evesham to Birmingham

Alcester Station: mra134

British Railways built Ivatt 4MT Mogul No 43036, running tender first, is seen arriving at Alcester on a local passenger train to Birmingham. Bob Essery in his book on the line writes, 'During the final years of the branch the Ivatt Moguls, introduced just before nationalisation, were in regular use on the line'. Built in June 1948 at Horwich works, No 43036 only lasted eighteen years in service before being withdrawn in May 1966 from Workington shed to be scrapped in October 1966 by the Motherwell Machinery & Scrap Company at Inshaw Works.

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