4053 1938c Shrewsbury
GWR Star class 4-6-0 No 4053 Princess Alexandra at Shrewsbury in c1938.
Peter Kerslake says "The absence of brass beading on the splashers and cab of 4053 which had been fitted with the "Castle" design of outside steam pipes in October 1933, At the date of this view in 1938 the allocation of the "Stars" saw them spread over eleven Motive Power Depots, with ten at Shrewsbury".
Photo: Rail Archive Stephenson