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Alex Coomber Alex Coomber on Train Siding: An ex LNWR Class 1P-A 2-4-2T No. 6628 calls at Sutton Oak Station on 26th April 1951 with the 18:11pm train from Widnes to St
Helens. The...

Alex Coomber on Train Siding: An ex LNWR Class 1P-A 2-4-2T No. 6628 calls at Sutton Oak Station on 26th April 1951 with the 18:11pm train from Widnes to St
Helens. The...

An ex LNWR Class 1P-A 2-4-2T No. 6628 calls at Sutton Oak Station on 26th April 1951 with the 18:11pm train from Widnes to St Helens. The loco still carries LMS lettering on its side tanks despite nationalisation in 1948. This route closed to passengers just under 2 months later.