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Ex-LMS 6P5F 2-6-0 'Crab' No 42791 is seen at the head of a Derby to Birmingham Class 'D' express freight service as it passes through the station on 8th March 1956

Ex-LMS 6P5F 2-6-0 'Crab' No 42791 is seen at the head of a Derby to Birmingham Class 'D' express freight service as it passes through the station on 8th March 1956. Class 'D' express freight services required at least thirty per cent of the vans and wagons to be XP stock (fitted with vacuum brakes) and for these to be attached to the rear of the engine to allow for better braking necessary due to the higher speeds. Such services were therefore allowed to use passenger routes when these were available and in this instance there was a shorter route to Birmingham from Kingsbury.

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