LMS Route: Rugby to Wolverhampton
LMS Route: Birmingham - Soho - Perry Barr - Birmingham
LMS Route: Birmingham New Street to Harborne

Monument Lane Shed: lnwrmlsh2262

LNWR 0-4-2 No 601 is posed for the camera after being coaled and watered at Monument Lane shed in 1865. It was later numbered 1906 in 1874. The locomotive had passed beneath St Vincent Street's overbridge to reach the shed's coal stage and turntable. To the right and above the tender are steps which Tony Higgs states links Sheepcote Lane with St Vincent Street and are not just evident today but can be climbed. To the left of the smokebox two gentlemen can be seen with one wearing a top hat indicating his seniority. They together with the enginemen and other railway workers are posing for the camera as photography was very much in its infancy. Richard H Bleasdale is believed to have been the photographer and the photograph is available courtesy of Manchester Model Railway Club at Kidderminster Railway Museum.

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