LMS Route: Rugby to Tamworth

Trent Valley Lineside - Newbold on Avon: lnwr_nupa1165

LMS 5MT 4-6-0 'Stanier Black 5' No 5289 is seen rounding the curve at the head of a down special express near Newbold Troughs in August 1937. The description 'Stanier Black 5' or 'Black 5' was used to differentiate the mixed traffic class from Stanier's 5XP express or Jubilee class known by some railwaymen - but not all - as red 5's. Built by the Armstrong Whitworth Company in December 1936 No 5289 remained in service until November 1966 when it was withdrawn from Colwick shed to be scrapped during May 1967 by J Cashmore of Great Bridge.

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