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LMS Route: Birmingham West Suburban Railway

Bournville Shed: mrb668

Ex-MR 2F 0-6-0 No 58167 is seen on a siding behind the coal stage at Bournville on 17th February 1957

Ex-MR 2F 0-6-0 No 58167 is seen on a siding behind the coal stage at Bournville on Sunday 17th February 1957. Originally built by Neilson & Company of Glasgow, it had entered service as Midland Railway '1142' class No 1226 in 1876. The Midland rebuilt it with 18" cylinders in 1892, assigned it to power class 2 in 1905, renumbered it No 2994 in 1907, then rebuilt it again in 1910 & 1915 (details not available though one of these rebuilds may have involved the deepening of the main frame that's visible in the photograph). After the grouping, the LMS rebuilt it with Fowler 'G6' Belpaire boiler & 'RE2' cab in 1927, then reclassified it as 2F in 1928. Saltley was its home shed in 1945-7 (see it in 1947 on image 'mrsalt86'). British Railways allotted it No 58167 in March 1948, renumbering it in July 1952. Saltley remained its home shed until it was reallocated to Bournville in July 1956, probably as a replacement for the withdrawn No 58126. Locomotive No 58167 was itself withdrawn from Bournville in July 1959 & scrapped by Albert Looms of Spondon in September 1960.

John Dews

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