This particular photograph is courtesy of Graham being initially consigned to his rejects box. This was probably as he, like I, was not a fan of going-away photographs but also as it exhibits some motion blur. 5051 wearing its ‘Drysllwyn Castle’ nameplates that it only carried for one year when new in 1936 is seen storming up Hatton bank just approaching the station. It is leading the outward leg of the John Mynors Memorial Train that started out from Paddington and ended up at the end of the Severn Valley Railway at Bridgnorth with 5051 coming off at Dorridge for diesel haulage from there onwards. This photograph makes an interesting comparison to the next photograph taken by me!
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