Although eighty seven of the initial batch of one hundred members of the "5600 " class were allocated to Depots within South Wales , thirteen were to be found elsewhere in the mid ' fifties , and 5634 seen here was one of two shedded at Shrewsbury at that period in time .
This view shows this side's sliding cabside shutter fitted in later years to provide increased weather protection for the footplatemen with the two inside valve covers neatly tucked between the frames thereby reducing the overall width of these little engines , so necessary for working the narrow Welsh branch lines where so many were to be found in their working lives .
This look like a steelworks or similar , with a formidable load of coal visible and a couple of gas storage tanks behind