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London North Western
Railway:
Midland
Railway:
Stratford
Midland Junction Railway
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LMS Route: Birmingham New Street to Lichfield
Four Oaks Station: lnwrfo2342
Ivatt 2-6-2T No 41223 stands at platform 3 ready to depart
for Birmingham New Street with its two coach train in early 1955. Prior to the
introduction of DMUs in March 1956 British Railways had introduced an hourly
push-pull service between New Street and Sutton Coldfield, soon extended to
Four Oaks to satisfy passenger demand. This was the first regular interval
local service operating out of Birmingham since the First World War. A Class
3MT Tank locomotive built in October 1948 at Crewe works, No 41223 was a
continuation of the LMS' last 2-6-2T design and would remain in service until
March 1966 when it was withdrawn from 83G Templecombe shed.
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