Down freight with ex-GW locomotive at Ashchurch
View northward on the Up main platform, towards Birmingham etc., also Worcester etc. via Abbots Wood Junction: ex-Midland Birmingham - Bristol main line; on the right is the line to Birmingham via Evesham. At this time, WR (ex-GW) trains were confined to a few freight trains between the Midlands and North via Worcester and Kidderminster destined for Stoke Gifford Yard near Bristol. This Class H is southbound pulling out of the Down loop, headed by Collett '2884' class 2-8-0 No. 2893 (built 4/38, withdrawn 11/64).