GWR Route: Banbury to Wolverhampton

Leamington Shed: gwrls236

GWR outside-framed 4-4-0 No 3218 stands next to an unidentified 0-6-0PT. A distinctive GWR practice was to hook the coupling to the front buffers to prevent it swinging when on the move. Similarly the practice of storing unused lamps on the side of the running plate was a distinctive GWR practice. Under the bufferbeam are the steps used by the fireman or shed staff to access the front of the smokebox. 4th Dec 1938

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