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GWR Route: Banbury to Wolverhampton
GWR Route: North Warwickshire Line
Tyseley Shed: gwrt1079
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View of one of the roundhouses at Tyseley shed with ex-GWR
2-6-2T No 4155, ex-ROD 2-8-0 No 3012 and ex-GWR 2-8-0 No 2856 in view. The
workman is operating the mechanical turntable and aligning the rails of the
turntable with one of the storage roads. Turntables inside sheds were fully
enclosed for safety reasons unlike turntables sited outside sheds where the pit
was open. Locomotive No 4155 was a member of the 51xx class and built at
Swindon works to Lot 361 in August 1947 and remained in service until September
1965 when it was withdrawn from Tyseley shed to be scrapped during February
1966 by Birds of Long Marston near Stratford upon Avon. Built as ROD No 2024
was built for the Railway Operating Department by the North British Locomotive
Company in June 1919 and after being purchased by the GWR and numbered No 3012
remained in service until April 1956 when it was also withdrawn from Tyseley to
be scrapped circa 1956 at Swindon works. Finally, No 2856 was built at Swindon
works in April 1918 and remained in service until April 1964 when it was
withdrawn from Southall shed to be scrapped in December 1964 by Birds of
Risca.
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