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London North Western
Railway:
Midland
Railway:
Stratford
Midland Junction Railway
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LMS Route: Rugby to Wolverhampton LMS Route: Nuneaton to
Leamington
Coventry Station - BR Locomotives: lnwrcov241
Ex-LMS 4-6-0 Jubilee class No 45741 'Leinster' stands at
platform two with a down express train circa 1956. Between 1934 and 1936, the
London Midland & Scottish Railway introduced 191 new 4-6-0 passenger
locomotives, to work express trains on routes such as the former Midland line
from St. Pancras. Although they did not attain the prominence of some of the
more powerful express locos, they were hard-working and could be found
through-out the LMS area. They were designed by William Stanier (later Sir
William), and although they had problems with poor steaming at first, they
lasted into the 1960's, being withdrawn as a result of British Railway's
modernisation plans. Courtesy 'The Jubilee Locomotives of the LMS'.
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