45596 Bahamas Locomotive at Tamworth heading South on West Coast Main Line.

45596 Bahamas Locomotive at Tamworth heading South on West Coast Main Line.

The video is of the 45596 Bahamas going south on the slow line of the West coast Main Line through Tamworth (low level) Station on the 16th July 20201 It is on the slow line to let an express pass on the fast line. It only has one support coach because it was heading to Southall WCR in London where it was due to pick up carriages for three special trips from London in the following week. 5596 was constructed in 1934 by the North British Locomotive Company in Glasgow for the London Midland & Scottish Railway (LMS).It was a standard 4-6-0 Jubilee Class locomotive, designed by William Stanier, the chief mechanical engineer of the LMS. In June 1936, 5596 received the name Bahamas after the islands in the Atlantic Ocean which were part of the British Empire. The Locomotive was re-designated 45596 when it entered service with British Rail. This is the current livery in July 2021 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LMS_Jub... The locomotive is currently owned and run by the Bahamas Locomotive Society https://ingrowlocomuseum.com/