GWR Route: Banbury to Wolverhampton

GWR Route: North Warwickshire Line

Birmingham Snow Hill - British Railways Period Locomotives: gwrbsh1262

British Railways Type 4 Brush diesel locomotive D1688 is seem on the inaugural run of the class between Shrewsbury and Paddington on 14th June 1964. Ordered on 4th September 1962 and built by Brush Falcon Works D1688 was entered service on 21st November 1963 and allocated to Oxley shed ran in two-tone green livery until re-numbered as 47101 in March 1974. Wearing British Rail's Standard Blue corporate livery 47101 remained in service until March 1989 when it was allocated to Crewe for withdrawal but not scrapped until January 1994 by Booth Roe of Rotherham.

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