These excellent unpublished wintry shots were taken at Aldridge Station on 12th February 1966 by Pete Newell. The station had been closed for a year by this date but the platforms and some buildings were intact (note the width of the platforms !)
At 1045 a.m. 2-6-0 loco number 43002 arrived at the up platform with "The Midlander", a steam excursion organised by the Warwickshire Railway Society. The loco is then seen under Anchor Road bridge taking on water, the upside platform water tank being level with the engine tender at rear.
This was one of the last steam trains to call at Aldridge, and one of the last steam-hauled passenger trains to run over the Sutton Park line during BR days. A month after this photo was taken Bescot Steam Depot closed down, with Saltley following suit a year later on 5th March 1967...
A big thanks to Pete for these photo's.
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