GWR & MR Joint Route: Halesowen to Longbridge
Junction
Frogmill Crossing: mrfrog1463
British Railways 0-6-0PT 64xx class pannier No 7448
approaches Frogmill Crossing with an empty Workman's train returning from
Longbridge on Friday 4th April 1958. No 7448 was built in April 1950 at Swindon
Works as part of lot 380. Eight 64xx class pannier tanks were allocated to
Stourbridge shed in February 1954 where they were mainly used on the Longbridge
branch. No 7448 moved to Pontypool Road Shed in September 1960 and was
withdrawn from there in April 1963 and scrapped at Cashmores (Newport) in the
following year.
Robert Ferris
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