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London North Western
Railway:
Midland
Railway:
Stratford
Midland Junction Railway
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LMS Route: Birmingham New Street to Tamworth
Tamworth High Level Station: mrthl1113
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British Railways Type 4 1Co-Co1 D83 is seen passing through
the rebuilt station on the 4:45pm Bradford to Birmingham express on 11th May
1965. It is unusual to see the station's name boards being in the style of the
early corporate totem signs using cream/straw lettering on a maroon background
rather than modern square signs with black lettering on a white background. The
class of the locomotive was later classified by British Railways as Class 45
and were built by British Railways at their Derby and Crewe Works between 1960
and 1962. Along with the similar Class 44 and Class 46 locomotives they became
known as "Peaks". The Class 45s became the main traction on the Midland
mainline from 1962 and their introduction allowed considerable acceleration of
the previous steam powered service. The Class 45s remained the main source of
power on the Midland mainline up to 1982 when they were relegated to secondary
services following introduction of HSTs on the route. When initially put into
service, the locomotives were fitted with multi-unit working and steam heating
boilers for passenger service. The great majority of Class 45s were withdrawn
between 1981 and 1988 and the last was withdrawn from service by 1989.
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