Yeah, I too have seen several photo's of Coronation Class in New Street. But what the tunnel head clearance is now is unknown and it seems to me that the photo's of this engine were all taken on the up line to London. Maybe that was the only line to have the necessary head room. The stacks are very flush. I can't remember if any of the photo's were semi's though.
Bit daft to build engines for the LMS that would not fit into the second city station. What were they thinking if this is the case. Great looking engine with or without the streamlining. The last hurrah for steam although there is another one that was built recently that is not too shabby also. I can't imagine that you would want to run these heavy thumpers on track that modern light Pendulino style rolling stock runs on
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Nice picture, but just one academic point. The train is not standing at Platform 1 as stated in the article, but
at Platform 3. Platforms 1 and 2 were not through lines, but stopped just behind the stairway down from the overhead
bridge to Platform 3. You could walk through the gap to the bar at the back of Platform 1. Happy Days!
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Dave
In the Feb. 2015 issue 'Steam World', there is a photo of 46235 City of Birmingham on a 3 coach Crewe-Warrington train in 1955. It is fitted with a sloping smoke box boiler indicating that during its early years, it was one of the streamlined locomotives however, the locomotive in the Birmingham Museum has a straight smoke box. This raises an interesting question, did 46235 have a boiler change between 1955 and it being donated to the museum or is the present exhibit another locomotive purporting to be 46235?
It is a very good site, but I have noticed mistakes in the past, however I never noticed this one.
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Nice picture, but just one academic point. The train is not standing at Platform 1 as stated in the article, but
at Platform 3. Platforms 1 and 2 were not through lines, but stopped just behind the stairway down from the overhead
bridge to Platform 3. You could walk through the gap to the bar at the back of Platform 1. Happy Days!
Kind regards
Dave
On another academic point, had 46257 arrived from somewhere up North, and is waiting to remove the stock to Vauxhall or was it a train bound for Euston?
It is a very good site, but I have noticed mistakes in the past, however I never noticed this one.
The description mentions that it is an up Express, so I'd assume that it is going to London Euston.
QUOTE=db84124;540177]And a third academic point: there's another mistake in the opening sentence of the link in Post #32 which seems to have been overlooked. It says: "Ex-LMS 7P 4-6-0 Princess Coronation class No 46257 'City of Salford' is seen standing ...... ". H/QUOTE]
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And of course it's an 8P !
In reply to Harbonite76
I travelled daily to New Street from my home near Stechford Station in the early 60s as I worked in the city, so
knew the old station pretty well, only venturing occasionally to Snow Hill.
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Dave
It the train has arrived from up North it would still be an up express terminating at Birmingham New Street.
So, if the engine couldn't traverse the south tunnel, two points remain to be answered, how was the stock removed and where was the loco serviced?
Would 46235 have reversed to Aston mpd via the Soho loop?
I. For any express to take the Aston line from Stechford they must have been on diversion which would explain mwhy they would be seen going that way. .
Oh right, do you remember the goods yard at Stechford?
Yes, by the bakery!! Saw my first 9F there in the yard 1955.
Mike.
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Yes, very well, - If you would like to discuss it further, perhaps we should start a new
thread for Stechford Station, as we are a bit off topic!
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Dave