Railways in Worcestershire

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Midland Tar Distillers Oldbury

MIDLAND TAR DISTILLERS LTD, OLDBURY

Grid Reference: SO 997891

This factory was situated on the west side of the Stourbridge to Birmingham line shortly after Langley Green Station. Use of locomotives here ceased in 1971 and H.W.Robinson went to the company's Kilnhurst works later the same year.

This is a photograph of H.W.Robinson that was taken by Adrian Booth on 6th February 1977 after the loco had moved to the Kilnhurst factory of Midland Yorkshire Tar Distillers near Rotherham, Yorkshire.


LOCOMOTIVE FLEET:

- 4wPM Motor Rail 2025 of 1920 (from new, gone by 5/1953)

H.W.ROBINSON 0-4-0DM Fowler 4100003 of 1946 (from new to 1971)

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