LMS Route: Rugby to Leamington Spa (Avenue)
LMS Route: Nuneaton to Leamington
LMS Route: Leamington to Weedon
Warwick (Milverton) Shed: lnwrwar_shed1442
Ex-MR 0-6-0 3F No 3726 stands on the turntable in the 1930s.
Number 3726 was built by Neilson Reid & Co in 1901 and was withdrawn from
Monument shed in November 1950 being scrapped shortly afterwards. The turntable
is power operated, in this instance by using the locomotive's vacuum pipe, with
the fireman on the right standing at the controls. The locomotive would have
been centred on the table as near as possible in order to balance the load.
Too far to one side would cause extra power to turn the
turn table, critical for turntables that required the crew to push the table
around. Just in view can be seen the makers information giving the makers' name
(Ransome) and the railway company (LNWR). To the left can be seen a grounded
coach body often used either for messing facilities or for storage of tools
etc.
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