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Humber Road Junction: Coventry Loop Line

LMS Route: Rugby to Wolverhampton

LMS Route: Coventry Loop Line

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View of Folley Lane, later named Humber Road, junction signal box prior to it being opened and before the lever frame was installed
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Coventry Local Studies
View of Folley Lane junction signal cabin prior to it being opened and before the lever frame was installed		 Looking north towards Coventry from Folley Lane, later renamed Humber Road, bridge with the branch line to Three Spires junction still to be opened to traffic
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Coventry Local Studies
Looking north to Coventry with the branch line to Three Spires Junction on the right still to be opened to traffic		 Close up showing the junction and signal box with open wagons loaded with ballast standing alongside the signal controlling access to the main line
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Coventry Local Studies
Close up of the junction and signal box with open wagons loaded with ballast standing alongside the signal		 An unidentified LNWR 4-4-0 George Fifth class locomotive is seen at the head of a Birmingham to Euston express train passing the junction with the loop line
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Coventry Local Studies
An unidentified LNWR 4-4-0 George Fifth class locomotive at the head of a Birmingham to Euston express train

Close up showing the unidentified LNWR 4-4-0 George Fifth class locomotive as it passes over the junction with the loop line
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Coventry Local Studies
Close up of the unidentified LNWR 4-4-0 George Fifth class locomotive as it passes over the junction with the loop line		 Looking through Folley Lane tunnels towards the tunnel under the Coventry to Rugby main line during construction of the loop line
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Coventry Local Studies
Looking through Folley Lane tunnels towards the Coventry to Rugby main line during construction of the loop line		 An unidentified LNWR 0-8-0 locomotive is being re-railed after hitting the buffer stops at Folley junction
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J Alsop
An unidentified LNWR 0-8-0 locomotive is being re-railed after hitting the buffer stops at Folley junction		 View across the junction showing the rear of the unidentified locomotive's tender being hoisted into the air
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E Lloyd
View across the junction showing the rear of the unknown locomotive's tender being hoisted into the air

View of the front end of the 0-8-0 locomotive as the breakdown crew prepare to re-rail the engine
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E Lloyd
View of the front end of the 0-8-0 locomotive as the breakdown crew prepare to re-rail the engine		 View of two unidentified ex-LMS 2-8-0 8F locomotives being employed during electrification and track renewal operations at Humber Road junction
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Anon
Two unknown ex-LMS 2-8-0 8F locomotives employed during electrification and track renewal operations		 An unidentified ex-LMS 5XP 4-6-0 Jubilee class locomotive is seen at the head of a named up express train as it crosses over Humber Road junction
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Anon
An unknown ex-LMS 4-6-0 Jubilee class locomotive heads a named up express as it crosses the junction		 Ex-LMS 5MT 2-6-0 'Stanier Mogul' No 42953 is seen working a Birmingham to Euston express as it passes through Humber Road junction
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Anon
Ex-LMS 5MT 2-6-0 No 42953 works a Birmingham to Euston express as it passes through Humber Road junction

Ex-LNWR 7F 0-8-0 G2a class No 49164 is seen travelling on the down line and about to cross over on the loop line to Three Spires junction
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Anon
Ex-LNWR 7F 0-8-0 No 49164 travels on the down line as it crosses over on the loop line to Three Spires junction		 Ex-LMS 4-6-0 No 44771 passes Humber Road junction on 9th November 1963 with an up Type 8 freight train
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M Mensing
Ex-LMS 4-6-0 No 44771 passes Humber Road junction on 9th November 1963 with an up Type 8 freight train		 An unidentified 0-4-0 Diesel shunter approaches Humber Road junction on its way from Rugby to Coventry
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Anon
An unidentified 0-4-0 Diesel shunter approaches Humber Road junction on its way from Rugby to Coventry		 Ex-LMS 5XP 4-6-0 No 45625 'Sarawak' passes Humber Road Junction signal box during the late 1950s
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P Myhill
Ex-LMS 5XP 4-6-0 No 45625 'Sarawak' passes Humber Road Junction signal box during the late 1950s

A 1930s LMS Control strip map showing the route between Three Spires Junction signal box and Humber Road Junction signal box
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M Hollick
A 1930s LMS Control strip map showing the route between Three Spires Junction and Humber Road Junction		 A 1930s LMS Control strip map showing the route from Nuneaton to Coventry plus the Loop Line
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M Hollick
A 1930s LMS Control strip map showing the route from Nuneaton to Coventry plus the Loop Line		 A 1930s LMS Control strip map showing the route between Coventry and Rugby No 7 Signal Box
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M Hollick
A 1930s LMS Control strip map showing the route between Coventry and Rugby No 7 Signal Box