Steam locomotive 5164 just outside Bridgnorth Station on the Severn Valley Railway

Date:
1981
Location:
Bridgnorth Station, Bridgnorth, Shropshire
Reference:
CHP01/03/006
Type:
Photograph (35mm Slide)
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Description

5164 is a Great Western Railway (GWR) Collett 5101 class of steam locomotive, built in 1930 and withdrawn from British Railways service in 1963. After spending a number of years at Woodham Brothers scrapyard in Barry, South Wales, the locomotive was transferred to Bewdley for renovation. 5164 entered service on the Severn Valley Heritage Railway in December 1979.

Content

This is part of the Series: CHP01/03 Series of colour slides of railways taken by Knicky Chapman; within the Collection: CHP01 Knicky Chapman Collection

Rights

© Historic England Archive

People & Organisations

Photographer: Chapman, Dorothy Eileen May

Keywords

Victorian Railway, Rail Transport