GWR Route: Banbury to Wolverhampton

Handsworth & Smethwick: gwrhs1588

Ex-LMS Stanier 8F 2-8-0 No 48543 is seen passing through the station whilst at the head of an up freight on 31st December 1964. On the right a three-car Diesel Multiple Unit is departing Platform 2 on a local service to Wolverhampton. Built for the LMS by Darlington Plant in January 1945 No 48543 was to remain in service until February 1966 when it was withdrawn from 9D Newton Heaton shed to be scrapped.

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