Ex-Great Western Railway Churchward '43xx' class 2-6-0 No. 6349. Built at Swindon in May 1923 and withdrawn in August 1964.

The casual observer at Stourbridge MPD in October 1959, might conclude that the inventive and pioneering George Jackson Churchward had left instructions to modify 6349 with a new and radical cab exhaust system. Attilio Franco and Dr. Piero Crosti eat your hearts out!

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