45562 1963-05-26 Gloucester Barnwood
The one that should have been preserved. A splendid portrayal of 45562 Alberta in pristine condition seen here at Gloucester's Barnwood Shed during that establishment's final years as an operational Motive Power Depot, together with a couple of Midland Region 9F's for company. When Barnwood closed shortly after this date, its remaining allocation of steam locomotives was transferred over to the nearby Western Region Depot at Horton Road, and Barnwood was used for temporary storage of locally based condemned locomotives together with those en route via Gloucester to the South Wales breakers' yards