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LMS Routes
London North Western Railway:
Rugby to Wolverhampton
Rugby to Leamington
Rugby to Market Harborough
Nuneaton to Leamington
Coventry Loop Line
Leamington to Weedon
Trent Valley Line
Birmingham New Street to Lichfield
Birmingham New Street to Harborne
Birmingham-Soho-
Perry Barr-Birmingham
Midland Railway:
Nuneaton to Birmingham New Street
Birmingham New Street to Tamworth
Evesham to Birmingham
Hampton in Arden to Whitacre
Birmingham West Suburban Railway
Rugby to Leicester
Water Orton to Walsall
Halesowen to Northfield
Stratford Midland Junction Railway
The Shakespeare Route
LMS Route:
Evesham to Birmingham
Kings Norton: Lineside Views
Locomotives seen in Midland Railway days
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MR 0-6-0 3F No 3181 with round top firebox passes MR Kirtley 0-6-0 at the up signals by Kings Norton station
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MR 4-4-0 2P No 518 is seen at the head of an express service near Kings Norton station on 9th July 1921
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MR Kirtley outside-framed 0-6-0 No 2678 at the head of a long train of open wagons passing the carriage sidings
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MR 4-4-0 No 524 pilots class mate MR 4-4-0 No 521 on a down express train as it passes the carriage sidings
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MR 0-6-4T 3P 'Flatiron' No 2031 on a local stopping train as it passes some unusual MR signals circa 1911
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MR 0-6-4T 'Flatiron' No 2036 is seen heading a local passenger train of close coupled carriages circa 1921
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MR 0-6-4T 'Flatiron' No 2035 on a local pasenger train with Westinghouse equipment fitted to the smokebox
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MR 0-6-0 Kirtley No 2593 is seen hurrying along the fast line with a mixed freight train during the early 1920s
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MR 0-4-4T 1P No 1386 is seen running at speed on the fast line at the head of a local passenger service
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The fireman leans out from the cab of MR Kirtley 0-6-0 No 2336 as she passes Kings Norton carriage sidings
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MR 0-6-0 No 2338 is seen coasting along whilst at the head of a mixed goods train comprising open wagons
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MR 0-6-0 2F No 3543 is seen working a local passenger train of close coupled carriage stock on 1st August 1921
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MR 0-6-0 2F No 3063 heads a long goods train of mainly open wagons but with some fitted vans circa 1913
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MR 0-6-0 No 3440 on an up goods train with many of the of open wagons being Private Owners
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MR 0-6-0 3F No 3653 has been pressed in to action on a holiday excursion service during the summer holidays
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MR Kirtley 1P 2-4-0 No 24 pilots MR 4-4-0 No 778 on a down express south of Kings Norton
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MR Kirtley 1P 2-4-0 No 121, a Saltley shed locomotive, is at the head of a down express south of Kings Norton
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MR 2-4-0 No 198 heads a local train past Kings Norton station's carriage storage and goods sidings
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MR 2-4-0 No 206, a Bournville engine, is seen at the head of a local passenger train south of Kings Norton station
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MR 2-4-0 No 279 with several vans behind the tender on a passenger train near Kings Norton
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MR 4-4-0 No 368 approached Kings Norton station whilst at the head of an up express passenger service
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MR 4-4-0 No 509 pilots MR 4-4-0 No 126 on an up express train south of Kings Norton on 16th July 1921
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MR 4-4-0 3P No 768, converted for oil firing, at the head of a down express train south of Kings Norton
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MR 2-4-0 No 176 is working hard as it pilots MR 4-4-0 No 518 on a down express past the carriage sidings
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MR 4-4-0 No 329 passes at speed on an up express passenger train south of Kings Norton
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MR 0-4-4T No 1226 is working hard as it runs bunker first on a local passenger train to Northfield
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MR 4-4-0 No 346 is on five coach local service having just passed a goods train standing in the refuge siding
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MR 4-4-0 No 375 has been pressed into unusual duties for a 4-4-0 being at the head of a mixed freight train
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MR 4-4-0 No 397 is seen at the head of a down express passenger train made up of mixed coaching stock
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MR 4-4-0 No 405 sports a number 3 Saltley shed plate as it works an express train south of Kings Norton
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MR 4-4-0 No 405 is seen later in the day on a return working having worked an earlier southbound train
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MR 4-4-0 No 420 double heads MR 4-4-0 No 438 on an express train south of Kings Norton station
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MR 4-4-0 2P No 519 double heads an unidentified MR 4-4-0 on a down express passenger service
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MR 4-4-0 No 429 heads a down express passenger service just south of Kings Norton station
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MR 4-4-0 No 430 rushes past a Permanent Way gang's line side hut whilst at the head of an up express
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MR 4-4-0 No 431 on a down express passes the unusual MR signal gantry on 1st October 1921
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MR 4-4-0 No 432 is seen ghosting past the MR gantry signal at the head of an up express on 15th April 1922
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MR 4-4-0 No 435 at the head of a passenger train running on the down fast line near Kings Norton in October 1921
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MR 4-4-0 No 523 is seen with a No 3 Saltley shed plate whilst on a down express train on 16th July 1921
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MR 4-4-0 No 488 on a down express passenger service having passed the carriage sidings on 16th July 1921
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MR 4-4-0 2P No 501 pilots class member MR 4-4-0 2P No 414 on an express train during August 1921
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MR 4-4-0 3P No 710 is at the head of an express service passes the PW gang's lineside hut on 16th July 1921
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MR 4-4-0 2P No 509 is at the head of an express service near Kings Norton on 17th September 1921
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MR 4-4-0 No 513 passes the photographer's colleague at the head of an express service in 1921
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MR 4-4-0 2P No 515 pilots MR 4-4-0 2P No 522 on a down express south of Kings Norton on 16th July 1921
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MR 'Single' 4-2-2 1P No 662, from Saltley shed, pilots MR 4-4-0 No 520 on a down express during August 1921
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MR 4-4-0 2P No 518 is seen working hard whilst at the head of an express near Kings Norton station in 1921
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MR 4-4-0 3P No 723 is seen accelerating past the carriage sidings whilst at the head of an express service
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MR 4-4-0 3P No 768 passes the MR signal gantry south of the carriage sidings whilst at the head of a down express
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MR 4-4-0 3P No 773 with oil tanks fitted to its tender is working hard at the head of a train of clerestory coaches
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MR 3P 4-4-0 No 723, fitted with tanks on its tender for oil firing, is seen with steam escaping from the valves
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MR 0-4-4T No 1386 is seen heading a local passenger service from Redditch to New Street on the fast line
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A pre-World War One view of MR 4-4-0 2P No 416 as it has heads an express train south of Kings Norton in 1911
Locomotives seen in LMS days
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Ex-MR 4-4-0 class 3P No 745 doubleheads ex-MR 4-4-0 Compound No 1001 during the summer of 1937
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A pair of ex-MR class 2P 4-4-0s No 505 and No 368 are seen running at speed at the head of an express train
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A pair of MR 2P 4-4-0s, Nos 397 and 523 accelerate an eight coach express away from Kings Norton
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LMS 4-6-0 5MT No 5013 is seen at the head of a short express service near Kings Norton in 1937
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LMS Stanier 4-6-0 No 5088 heads yet another holiday special on a sunny summers in July or August 1936
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LMS Stanier 4-6-0 5MT No 5299 heads another holiday special express passenger service in 1936
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LMS Stanier 5MT No 5280 is seen sporting train reporting number 230 as it hurries past with a long express train
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Ex-MR 4-4-0 'Compound' No 1001 heads a down express pasenger service past the carriage sidings in March 1930
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Ex-MR 4-4-0 'Compound' No 1002 stands at the station's down West Suburban platform at the head of empty stock
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LMS 4-4-0 'Compound' 4P No 1027 works very hard on a twelve coach express train in the summer of 1936
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Ex-MR 4-4-0 'Compound' 4P No 1013 heads an express passenger service near Kings Norton during 1936
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LMS 4-4-0 'Compound' 4P No 1030 is seen at the head of a holiday special during the summer of 1937
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LMS 4-4-0 'Compound' 4P No 1098 pilots LMS 4-6-0 5XP Jubilee No 5659 'Drake' on a twelve coach train in 1937
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LMS 4-4-0 'Compound' 4P No 1062 at the head of a ten coach holiday express passenger service in 1936
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LMS 2-6-4T 4P No 2372 is seen accelerating hard at the head of a four coach local passenger service in 1937
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LMS 2-6-0 2MT No 6400 is seen heading a local passenger service made up of mixed coaching stock
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Ex-MR 4-4-0 2P No 406 is piloting LMS 4-6-0 Jubilee class No 5638 'Zanzibar' on a 12 coach train
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LMS 3P 4-4-0 No 718 stands at the West Suburban Railway up platform at the head of a local train
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Ex-MR 0-6-0 4F No 4040, just a few months after being outshopped, pauses during its duties on 19th April 1925
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LMS 0-6-0 4F No 4133 is seen having been pressed into service on a local working in the summer of 1936
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LMSR 1P 2-4-0 No.22 heads a Birmingham bound train at Kings Norton station on 7th November 1931
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Ex-MR outside framed 2-4-0 No 1 is seen on a local passenger train to Birmingham New Street
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Ex-MR 1P outside-framed 2-4-0 No 198 is seen on a local Evesham passenger train in January 1925
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Ex-MR 1P outside-framed 2-4-0 No 177 on a local passenger service to Evesham on 7th March 1925
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Ex-LMS 2-4-0 outside framed No 195 blows off as it readies to depart to Evesham on a local passenger working
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Ex-MR 2P 4-4-0 No 509 doubleheads ex-MR 2P 4-4-0 No 369 on a thirteen or fourteen coach holiday special
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Ex-MR 1P 0-4-4T No 1324 wearing shed plate No 3 stands at the head of a local passenger train in the station
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Ex-MR 2P 4-4-0 No 383 doubleheads LMS 5MT 4-6-0 No 5288 on an up express south of Kings Norton
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Ex-MR 2P 4-4-0 No 429 stands at the station's original up platform during the rebuilding of the station
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Ex-MR 2P 4-4-0 No 439 doubleheads LMS Stanier 'Black 5' No 5276 on an express south of Kings Norton
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Ex-MR 4-4-0 2P No 511 heads an eight coach holiday excursion passenger express during the summer of 1936
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A pair of ex-MR 4-4-0s 483 class locomotives, No 542 and No 402, work an excursion south of Kings Norton in 1937
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Ex-MR 3P 4-4-0 No 737 stands in the in sidings buffered up to another locomotive
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Ex-MR 3P 4-4-0 No 751 on a train with three assorted fitted vehicles behind the tender on 30th June 1926
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Ex-MR outside curved framed 2-4-0 1P No 2 stands at Kings Norton station on a local Evesham passenger train
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LMS Stanier 2-6-2T 3P No 92 is seen travelling at speed on a seven coach local passenger service in 1937
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Ex-LTSR 'Tilbury Tank' 4-4-2T No 2109 'Mark Lane North' stands at platfrorm 3 at Kings Norton in 1935
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Ex-LTSR 2P 4-4-2T 'Tilbury Tank' No 2098 'Crouch Hill' stands at the head of a Redditch local passenger train
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Ex-LTSR 2P 4-4-2T 'Tilbury Tank' No 2107 'Earls Court' stands at the head of a Redditch train
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Ex-MR 0-6-4T No 2025 is in immaculate condition at the station on a Redditch to New St local passenger working
Locomotives seen during British Railways days
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J Green
British Railways Standard Class 9F 2-10-0 No 92085 passes through the station on an up Type 8 freight working
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J Green
An ex-LMS 0-6-0 4F locomotive is seen towing a guards or 'brake' van through Kings Norton Station
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J Green
Ex-LMS 8F 2-8-0 No 48449 passes through Kings Norton towing a brake van en-route to pick up a goods train
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J Green
Ex-Midland Railway 0-4-0T '0F' No 41535 is seen being towed through Kings Norton station in the early 1960s
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J Green
BR built 2MT 2-6-0 No 46443 runs through Kings Norton station tender first with a brake van in tow
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J Green
Ex-LMS 0-6-0 4F No 44605 is passing Kings Norton Station with a mineral train for Washwood Heath
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J Green
BR 4MT 4-6-0 No 75043 runs tender first through Kings Norton station with a train of Morris Oxford cars
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J Green
A down train of Esso Class B 4-wheel tank wagons passes Kings Norton goods yard and ex-MR 0-4-0 No 41535
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J Green
British Railways Standard Class 4MT 4-6-0 No 75002 runs into Kings Norton station at the head of Class B service
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J Green
Ex-LMS 4F 0-6-0 No 44571 runs through the Station with a Brake Van in tow on the way to the goods yard
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J Green
Ex-LMS 4F 0-6-0 No 44571 runs through the Station with a Brake Van in tow on the way to the goods yard
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J Green
Ex-LMS 4F 0-6-0 No 44571 runs through the Station with a Brake Van in tow on the way to the goods yard
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P Shoesmith
Ex-LMS 4F 0-6-0 No 44406 is seen at Kings Norton working a morning local all stations service to New Street
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P Shoesmith
BR 2MT 2-6-0 No 46442 passes through Kings Norton on a down goods service on a cold winter's morning
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P Shoesmith
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P Shoesmith
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