Railway Herald
BR Standard Class 5 4-6-0 No. 73129 boiler at Butterley MRC on 24th April 1983. It was outshopped from Derby Works in August 1956, one of 30 built with Caprotti valve gear (Nos. 73125-73154). Originally allocated at Shrewsbury Shed it was later transferred to Patricroft Shed (near Manchester) in 1958. The loco spent the rest of its working life there until it was stored at Patricroft from June to November 1967. It was officially withdrawn from traffic on 2nd December 1967 and was sent to Woodham's scrapyard at Barry in February 1968. It left there in January 1973 and moved to Derby Works until early 1975, when it moved to Butterley.
Keith Partlow
