LMS Route: Evesham to Birmingham

Barnt Green: mrbg618a

Close up of image 'mrbg618' showing a Bristol bound express train passes opposite the signal box hauled by two Johnson single locomotives. These locomotives were of a 4-2-2 wheel configuration and had in the 1890s been reborn as passenger motive power because of the advent of steam sanding. The increase in train loadings soon resulted in their demise in providing primary motive power and they were soon to be found piloting other locomotives. The MR policy of running relatively light loadings allowed the 4-2-2 configuration to last much longer than other railways. Its worth remembering that by the time this photograph was taken the GWR had built a 4-6-2 pacific locomotive.

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