I too spent many hours spotting in the field at Tamworth in the early fifties.
I caught a train from New Street which I think was a semi-fast to York and was originally hauled by a Saltley compound and later a Saltley Black Five. Coming back I caught a stopping Derby-Birmingham train normally hauled by a Derby class 2,
46443, 46444 or 46454 around 5.30pm. It followed the 12.48 Newcastle-Bristol which roared through Tamworth behind a Derby Jubilee.
On the low level I particularly remember a down Blackpool train which stopped early afternoon and was hauled by an immaculate Blackpool Jubilee, usually South Africa, India or Kashmir.
In a full day we usually saw 5 or 6 Stanier Pacifics plus of course loads of Patriots, Jubilees & Royal Scots. Happy days.
I caught a train from New Street which I think was a semi-fast to York and was originally hauled by a Saltley compound and later a Saltley Black Five. Coming back I caught a stopping Derby-Birmingham train normally hauled by a Derby class 2,
46443, 46444 or 46454 around 5.30pm. It followed the 12.48 Newcastle-Bristol which roared through Tamworth behind a Derby Jubilee.
On the low level I particularly remember a down Blackpool train which stopped early afternoon and was hauled by an immaculate Blackpool Jubilee, usually South Africa, India or Kashmir.
In a full day we usually saw 5 or 6 Stanier Pacifics plus of course loads of Patriots, Jubilees & Royal Scots. Happy days.