Station Name: WREXHAM CENTRAL

[Source: Paul Wright]



Looking west from the eastern end of Wrexham Central station's platform 4 in the early 1960s. A two coach Autotrain stands at platform 3 waiting to depart for Ellesmere. The locomotive was built in 1935 as No.4858 at Swindon Works as part of Lot 288, entering stock at Stourbridge shed on 17th August 1935. No.4858 was allocated to Croes Newydd shed in April 1936 and subsequently moved to Banbury shed in June 1938.

In November 1946 No.4858 became No.1458, when the whole 48XX class was renumbered in to the 14XX series, to allow the original numbers to be used for those 28XX class 2-8-0 heavy freight locomotives which were being modified for oil burning. No.1458 returned from Banbury shed back to Stourbridge shed in November 1950 and remained there until December 1957. In November 1964 No.1458 was finally withdrawn from and sold for scrap to Cashmores at Newport, being cut up in February 1965. These engines were an updated version of the 517 class 0-4-2T locomotives, which they were designed to replace. The axle weight was kept below 14 tons to allow them to operate on uncoloured routes and they were all fitted with auto-train gear, which allowed them to operate in both directions when paired with one or two auto-trailers.
Photo by Bevan Price

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