LMS Route: Rugby to Tamworth

Tamworth Station (Staffordshire): lnwr_tam1243

LNWR 4-4-0 Alfred the Great class No 1956 'Illustrious' on a down mixed goods train with three cattle trucks immediately behind the tender. When carrying livestock on unfitted goods trains it was standard practice to place them behind the tender to reduce the impact of the wagons jolting the animals when starting and stopping. C1922

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