New Street station

Birmingham New Street Station: lnwrbns_br4338

Ex-LMS 4P 2-6-4T No 42389 is seen on pilot duties adjacent to New Street's No 1 Signal Cabin whilst shunting empty carriage stock between platforms 3 and 4, circa 1959. The Fowler designed locomotive was at the time allocated to 5C Stafford shed so it had probably been 'borrowed' for other duties before returning on a local service to Stafford. Built as LMS No 2389 by Derby works in June 1933, No 423489 was numbered as such by British Railways in August 1948 which it carried until March 1963 when it was withdrawn from 8C Speke Junction shed.

Photograph courtesy of John Turner

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