LMS Route: Evesham to Birmingham

Halesowen Junction: mrhj754

Ex-MR 3P 4-4-0 No 714 is seen north of Halesowen Junction at the head of an up express service to Birmingham. The class were originally built by Deeley between 1900 and 1905 and were later rebuilt by Fowler from 1913 onwards incorporating superheating. They were the locomotive of choice for many years on the Bristol to Birmingham route eventually being superceded by the Compounds built by the LMS from the mid-1920s onwards.

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