LMS Route: Rugby to Wolverhampton LMS Route: Nuneaton to
Leamington
Coventry Station - LMS Locomotives: lnwrcov268
Ex-LNWR 1P 2-4-2T No 6739 is seen standing at platform one
during shunting maneuvers for the parcels depot. Designed by FW Webb as a tank
version of his celebrated 2-4-0 Precursor locomotive, No 6739 was built at
Crewe works in April 1897 and remained in service until May 1947 when it was
withdrawn from Rugby shed and scrapped during October 1947 at Crewe works.
Photographed by HW Robinson © Steam Archive
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