Birmingham New Street Station - BR Period Locomotives: Ex-LNWR 0-6-2T No 58900 is again seen resting between duties on the up middle road between Platforms 3 and 4 whilst acting as station pilot

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_br2001

Ex-LNWR 0-6-2T No 58900 is again seen resting between duties on the up middle road between Platforms 3 and 4 whilst acting as station pilot in 1952. The LNWR pilot engines were provided by Monument Lane probably as a result of Monument Lane's historical precedence over Aston shed. Monument Lane was opened as a consequence of the need to find another location to Curzon Street shed which was evolving into a major goods yard after the opening of New Street station. Ex-LNWR 0-6-2T No 58903 was the last of this class to serve as pilot engines at New Street with 0-6-0 locomotives undertaking this duty until they too were replaced by 2-6-2T locomotives.