Keywords:5MT, 73xxx, BR, BW, Birmingham, Steam, West Midlands
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Dimensions4543 x 2752
Original file size2.06 MB
Image typeJPEG
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Date modified31-Mar-13 18:36
73140 1960s Saltley
Caprotti Standard 5MT 4-6-0 No.73140 on a freight passing through Saltley Station. This was a much travelled engine, being transferred ten times during its eleven year working life. It was allocated to Derby at three different times and this picture would have been taken during one of those spells, probably between September 1961 and March 1962 since it was before AWS was fitted in May 1962. Ed Purcell adds Caprotti fitted locos were moderately common on the Midland lines through Birmingham.