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London North Western
Railway:
Midland
Railway:
Stratford
Midland Junction Railway
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LMS Route: Birmingham New Street to Nuneaton LMS Route:
Birmingham New Street to Tamworth
Duddeston Road: mrdr1010
An unidentified ex-LMS 3F 0-6-0 'Large Goods' locomotive
passes the second Duddeston Road Junction signal box on 5th July 1953. Bob
Essery recounted that when he was fireman at Saltley Shed and serving in the
Bank Pilot link (the link responsible for banking trains from Saltley and
Duddeston to Camp Hill) the first thing they needed to do was to find out where
their locomotive was. This was because the locomotives allocated to Bank Pilot
duties were effectively on duty continuously from Monday morning to the
following Sunday. They only returned on shed to top up their coal and water and
for a quick servicing. To find out where the locomotive was located along the
route (anywhere between Washwood Heath to Kings Heath) the fireman would need
to contact the regulator who had an office at the top of the stairs.
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