LMS Route: Evesham to Birmingham

Kings Norton Locomotives: mrknlms228

Ex-MR 2P 4-4-0 No 439 doubleheads LMS Stanier 'Black 5' No 5276 on an express south of Kings Norton in 1937. Built as a MR class design by Sharp Stewart in March 1893 No 439 was withdrawn from service at Toton shed in January 1961 before being scrapped by Looms of Spondon in October 1961. Stanier 'Black 5' No 5276 was built by Armstrong Whitworth in November 1936 and lasted until January 1967 before being withdrawn from Stoke-on-Trent shed in January 1967 followed by scrapping by G Cohen of Kettering in November 1967.

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