BR Period Locomotives: lnwrbns_br1825
Ex-LMS 4-6-0 Jubilee class No 45651 'Shovell' is seen
arriving at Platform 10 on the South bound Devonian express service. Standing
on the short siding between Platforms 8 and 9 and in front of Signal Box No 2
is ex-Midland Railway 3F No 43687 resting between duties as pilot in the
Midland section of New Street. Built at Crewe works in January 1935 No 45651
was to remain in service until November 1962 when it was withdrawn from
Shrewsbury shed to be scrapped in December 1962 by Crewe works. The pilot
engine, No 43687, was built by Neilson Reid and Company in April 1901 and it
remained in service up to August 1962 when it was withdrawn from Saltley shed
to be scrapped in May 1963 by J Cashmore of Great Bridge.
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