Warwickshire Railways: Railway Art

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Ex-WD 2-8-0 'Stanier' 8F No 48292 stands inside Saltley shed amidst the smoke, steam and gloom. Peter Shoesmith, the photographer, visited Saltley Depot (21A) on 11th November 1965, during that visit he took this atmospheric image of No 48292 viewed through a cloud of steam issuing from its classmate No 48288. Built as No 70442 by Beyer Peacock Ltd for the War Department in August 1941, it was numbered by British Railways as No 48292 which it carriedwas until April 1968 when it was withdrawn from 9F Heaton Mersey shed. When Peter photographed the locomotive it was on the books of 8C Speke Junction. Classmate No 48288 was another Beyer Peacock Ld product built for the War Department and was initially numvered WD No 70403 when it entered traffic in August 1940. It was renumbered by British Railways as 48288 in August 1949 which it retained until February 1967 when it was withdrawn from service.

Courtesy of Geoff Dowling & John Whitehouse:

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