45257 Kidderminster 1960 NP257R
Stanier Black 5 4-6-0 45257 passing the ground of Kidderminster Cricket Club hauling an empty passenger train with a ‘Palethorpes sausage’ wagon attached behind the tender circa 1960. Palethorpes was a well known meat processor based at Tipton, Staffs during the mid-20th Century, their manufacturing base was relocated to Market Drayton in 1967, Today the Palethorpes Brand name is owned by Sainsburys . ©Norman Preedy Archive/Rail Photoprints