LMS Route: Rugby to Tamworth
Trent Valley Lineside - Gypsy Lane: lnwr_gyp1155
Ex-LNWR 3P 4-4-0 Precursor class No 5272 'Brindley' is seen
passing under Gypsy Lane bridge at the head of an up express service circa
1927. Built at Crewe in January 1904 as LNWR 1363 and named 'Cornwell' in
October 1905 it was renamed 'Brindley' in May 1911. It was given the LMS No
5272 in August 1927 which it carried until its withdrawal in December 1939 to
be scrapped at Crewe works.
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