LMS Route: Rugby to Wolverhampton
LMS Route: Nuneaton to Leamington

Coventry Station - LMS Locomotives: lnwrcov287

LMS 4-6-0 Patriot class No 5511 'Isle of Man', one of Bushbury's Patriots, stands at the head of a down Euston-Wolverhampton express at platform 2. The short length of the platform caused the train to foul the through road. The building to the immediate right is the original 1838 L&B single road shed often mistakenly called the 'Midland' shed in the belief the MR built the structure.

Number 45511 'Isle of Man' was built as a notional Claughton LNWR rebuild at Crewe works in August 1932 and lasted in service for nearly 39 years despite being involved in the four train crash at Kings Langley. It was eventually withdrawn from Carlisle Upperby shed in February 1961 before being scrapped at Crewe works in March 1961.

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