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Monument Lane Station: lnwrml2186

LNWR 2-4-0T No 2250 runs bunker first at the head of a local passenger service to New Street station circa 1877

LNWR 2-4-0T No 2250 runs bunker first at the head of a local passenger service to New Street station circa 1877. Harry Jack and Peter Chatham wrote in the LNWR Society Journal, Volume 5, Number 12, March 2009 'This is on the Stour Valley line between Birmingham New Street and Monument Lane stations, looking north-west from Sheepcote Lane signal cabin, which is immediately behind the photographer. The buildings on the right were the Stour Valley Works, a wood turnery. Barker Street, a continuation of Sheepcote Lane, lay behind the buildings, some of which survived - perhaps incredibly, given their apparent state here - into the 1960s. A hundred yards or so behind the camera was the bridge carrying St Vincent Street over the line, and just beyond that were the Monument Lane engine sheds. The 2-4-0 tank No 2250 was built in December 1876, and carries shed plate 10, Monument Lane.'

'The first three carriages can be identified as Brake Third No 76, Third No 844 and Composite No 439. Whilst they are all typical of the style of the 1860s, and the first five are close-coupled, they show some notable variations in detail. The third vehicle, for instance, is markedly higher in body side and has much deeper windows. The far end compartment of the brake third is lettered ‘THIRD SMOKING’ in a distinctive serif style. Monograms are applied, but no ‘coats of arms’. The photographer was almost certainly Richard H. Bleasdale, who took several shots of engines at Monument Lane sheds in 1877.'

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