Birmingham New Street Station - BR Period Locomotives: Ex-LNWR 2P 0-6-2T 'Watford Tank' No 6906 is seen on pilot duties at the West end of Platform 1 coupled to a 10 ton Van on 28th January 1950

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

BR Period Locomotives: lnwrbns_br1794

Ex-LNWR 2P 0-6-2T 'Watford Tank' No 6906 is seen on pilot duties at the West end of Platform 1 coupled to a 10 ton Van on 28th January 1950. Built at Crewe works in November 1900 No 6906 was another Watford Tank locomotive that had nearly reached the end of its working life being withdrawn in May 1951 from Bangor shed to be scrapped soon afterwards by Crewe works. The Van has an 'XP' classification which means that it could carry perishables or other loads and be attached to normal express passenger services for fast transit. The chalked markings on the Van Stand, Olympia, 234 Rabbits and Smithfield suggest it has recently been used to transport goods both for an exhibition and rabbits to Smithfield Market.