LMS Route: Rugby to Wolverhampton

Canley Halt: lnwrchg1065

Ex-LMS 8F 2-8-0 No 48518 is viewed from Beachwood Ave as it approaches Canley Halt with a ballast train on 23rd November 1963. The posts alongside the line are for the catenary, part of the preparatory work for the electrification of the line. The Standard Motor Company's factory, which became part of British Leyland Motor Corporation, can be seen in the background. Built at Doncaster Plant in September 1944 No 48518 remained in service until July 1965 when it was withdrawn from Willesden shed and ultimately preserved.

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