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45263 has just passed through Church Road tunnel on what is now the Birmingham's cross-city line, this short tunnel is near the summit of a climb from New Street station for southbound trains, the tunnel mouth can be seen through the gap in the fence, far right. The train is the 17.25 Birmingham to Gloucester service on 24th April 1964.
45263 was a Stanier Black Five, she was built at Armstrong Whitworth in October 1936 for the LMS (5236) The loco was withdrawn in October 1967 and scrapped at Cashmore's Newport. she is pictured with a 2B Oxley shedplate although it is listed as not being transfered there until 03/04/1965.
Peter Shoesmith
Copyright Geoff Dowling & John Whitehouse; all rights reserved
* This is an expanded version of the picture in British Railways Past and Present 61 Birmingham. Dowling & Whitehouse 2010
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  • Taken: Apr 24, 1964
  • Uploaded: Dec 21, 2014
  • Updated: Mar 6, 2015