Marsden Rail Volume 5 - Shrewsbury

Look back and hear the sounds of passenger and freight trains worked by both steam and diesel locomotives on the former Great Western Railway at Shrewsbury between 1962 and 1967. Among the GWR locomotives featured are County class 1002 ‘County Of Berkshire’ and 1027 ‘County Of Stafford’. Castle class 5056 ‘Earl of Powis’, 5073 ‘Blenheim’, 5076 ‘Gladiator’ and 7024 Pawis Castle’. Hall’s 4958 ‘Priory Hall’, 4985 ‘Allesley Hall’, 5921 ‘Bingley Hall’, 6912 ‘Helmster Hall’ and 6934 ‘Beachamwell Hall’. Modified Hall class 6964 ‘Thornbridge Hall’, 6967 ‘Willesley Hall’, 6971 ‘Athelhampton Hall’, 6980 ‘Llanrumney Hall’ and 6989 ‘Wightwick Hall’. Grange class locomotives 6803 ‘Bucklebury Grange’, 6843 ‘Poulton Grange’ and 6845 ‘Paviland Grange’. 2800’s 2828, 3808, 3809 and 3820. Manor Class 7821 ‘Ditcheat Manor’ and 7822 ‘Foxcote Manor’. 4300 class 6349 plus 5700 4696 along with 5600’s 6611, 668 1 and 6683. LMS locomotives could also often be seen at Shrewsbury such as class 2’s 41202, 41209 and 41241. Class 4’s 42202, 42213, 42224 and 42488. Black 5’s 44856, 44963, 45015, 45051, 45277 and 45287. Ivatt 2MT 46504, 46506, 46512 and 46524. Jubilee’s 45552 ‘Silver Jubilee’, 45577 ‘Bengal’ and 45660 ‘Rooke’. Coronation locomotives 46256 ‘Sir William A Stannier’ and 46257 ‘City Of Salford’. Also 8F’s 48369, 48385, 48440, 48462, 48680, 48752 and 48679. British Railway classes included Britannia’s 70026 ‘Polar Star’, 70027 ‘Rising Star’ and 70042 ‘Lord Roberts’. Standard class 5’s 73095, 73097, 73127 and 73138. Standard class 4’s 75004, 75005, 75014, 75016, 75021, 75024, 75027, 76033 and 76038. Standard class 2 78012 along with 9F’s 92018, 92087, 92103 and 92139. Among the diesel locomotives featured is an 08 shunter D3988, also class 35 Hymek’s D7002 along with class 40 D214 ‘Antonia’ plus class 47’s D1610, D1700, D1708, D1740 and D1752. Another class of diesel locomotive featured are the class 52 Western’s D1010 ‘Western Campaigner’, D1015 ‘Western Champion’ and D1054 ‘Western Governor’.