LMS Route: Rugby to Leamington Spa (Avenue)
LMS Route: Nuneaton to Leamington
LMS Route: Leamington to Weedon
Leamington (Avenue) Station: lnwrlave1363
Ex-LMS Hughes/Fowler 2-6-0 Crab No 42944 on a local train
heading towards Coventry on 22nd Aug 1953. The Crabs, so called because the
high inclined cylinders when in motion were said to be reminiscent of crab's
pincer movement, were designed by Hughes the LMS' first CME.
However he retired before the design was fully finished
giving Fowler the opportunity of making some changes, the most notable being
the Midland tender which was significantly narrower than the cab giving it an
odd appearance when viewed from the rear.
Number 42944 was built at Crewe works in December 1932 and
given the number 2944. It ran in service for just over 30 years before it was
withdrawn in April 1963 from Birkenhead shed and then scrapped in June 1963 at
Horwich works.
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