7329 1958-07-02 Shrewsbury
With 45401 this was the first Black Five withdrawn.
That distinctive water hose here at the northern end of Shrewsbury station was extended out over the platform road so as to permit locomotives on the through road , occupied by 7329 in this view , to take water in addition to those on the platform road .
Being an important engine changing point , Shrewsbury would often have locomotives waiting on that through road for some while before they worked forward , and a watering facility was , therefore , essential