GWR Route: Banbury to Wolverhampton

Leamington Spa - BR Locomotives: gwrls2069

Ex-LMS Princess Royal Class 4-6-2 No 46210 'Lady Patricia' enters the station on an up express on 18th February 1956. The ex-GWR King Class 4-6-0 locomotives, which had worked the line between Wolverhampton and Paddington since their introduction in 1927, had been suddenly and temporarily withdrawn because of severe cracking to their frames. With 30 King Class locomotives removed from service the Western Region lacked sufficient spare capacity in Class 8 locomotives and was therefore forced to borrow locomotives from other regions. The London Midland Region lent seven of their Pacific locomotives all designed by William Stanier who had served most of his career with the GWR.

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