GWR Route: North Warwickshire Line

Earlswood Lakes Station: gwrel664

British Railways built GWR 4-6-0 Hall class No 7915 'Mere Hall' is seen having restarted the 11 05 Illfracombe to Wolverhampton express service on 25th August 1962. The restart was required because No 7915 'Mere Hall' had just detached the pilot locomotive, ex-GWR 0-6-0 No 2210, which had given it aid up the banks from Stratford Upon Avon. Built by Swindon in March 1950 No 7915 lasted a mere (no pun intended) fifteen years before it was withdrawn from Tyseley in October 1965 to be scrapped by J Cashmore of Great Bridge in the January of the following year.

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