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British Railways built Modified Hall Class 4-6-0 No 7908 'Hensall Hall' on a Type 7 down freight service in 1964

British Railways built Modified Hall Class 4-6-0 No 7908 'Hensall Hall' on a Type 7 down freight service in 1964. A Type 7 service was classified by British Railways post 1962 as an 'Express freight train NOT fitted with the automatic brake. Maximum speed 40 mph. Where fitted vehicles are required to be placed next to the engine and coupled up, this will be shewn in the appropriate Regional train loading instructions'. Built by Swindon works to Lot 368 in January 1950, No 7908 was only a year from being scrapped being withdrawn in October 1965 from 2A Tyseley shed to be scrapped by J Cashmore of Great Bridge.

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