GWR Route: Banbury to Wolverhampton

Harbury Cutting and Tunnel: gwrhc93

GWR 4-6-0 No 6024 'King Edward I' at the head of a down Paddington to Birmingham express is seen leaving Harbury Tunnel. The short shadow would indicate this to be early afternoon on a summers day in 1956 Number 6024 6024 King Edward I' was built at Swindon to Lot 267 in June 1930 and remained in service until withdrawn from Canton Junction shed, Cardiff in June 1962 to be subsequently preserved.

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