GWR Route: Banbury to Wolverhampton

GWR Route: North Warwickshire Line

Birmingham Snow Hill - British Railways Period Locomotives: gwrbsh31

Ex-GWR 0-6-2T 56xx class No 6692 is seen at the head of a Class K down freight to Hockley as it passes through the down through road on 12th August 1961. Built by Armstrong Whitworth in 1928 as part of an order for fifty locomotives (No 6650 to No 6699) the class remained in service until the final years of steam on the former GWR with the first withdrawals of the class occurring when four locomotives were withdrawn in May 1962, while the last engine in service was 6668 which survived until the last month of GWR steam in December 1965. Eight of the nine preserved examples were taken to Dai Woodham's yard at Barry after withdrawal, the class fortunate to have so many locomotives working in Wales. The nine preserved engines are No 5619, No 5637, No 5643, No 5668, No 6619, No 6634, No 6686, No 6695 and No 6697.

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