LMS Route: Evesham to Birmingham

Kings Norton Locomotives: mrknpreg297

MR 4-4-0 3P No 773 with oil tanks fitted to its tender is seen working hard at the head of a train of clerestory coaches in 1921. A number of locomotives were fitted for oil firing due to the severe shortage and cost of coal in the immediate post-war period. They were soon reverted to conventional coal firing when supplies became easier to obtain. Built as a member of the MR's 2606 class at Derby works in July 1905, No 773 was to remain in service until April 1940 when it was withdrawn from Derby shed to be scrapped during July 1940 by Derby works.

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