The Railways of Warwickshire

LMS Routes

London North Western Railway:

Rugby to Wolverhampton
Rugby to Leamington
Rugby to Market Harborough
Nuneaton to Leamington
Coventry Loop Line
Leamington to Weedon
Trent Valley Line
Birmingham New Street to Lichfield
Birmingham New Street to Harborne
Birmingham-Soho-
Perry Barr-Birmingham

Midland Railway:

Nuneaton to Birmingham New Street
Birmingham New Street to Tamworth
Evesham to Birmingham
Hampton in Arden to Whitacre
Birmingham West Suburban Railway
Rugby to Leicester
Water Orton to Walsall

Stratford Midland Junction Railway

The Shakespeare Route

Warwick (Milverton) Station: lnwrwar_stn1411

BR built, but to an LMS Ivatt design, 2MT No 46446 is seen heading a local Nuneaton to Leamington passenger train in June 1951. Reg Kimber writes, 'No 46446 and sister engine No 46445 were probably the only new locos ever to come to Coventry shed. Even then the records showed one of them first allocated briefly to 5A. There was great excitement amongst the rail fraternity at school when they arrived'.

Number 46446 was built at Crewe in March 1949 and consequently never carried an LMS number. It lasted in service until December 1966 when it was withdrawn from Shrewsbury shed being scrapped by J Cashmore of Newport in September 1967.

LMS Route: Rugby to Leamington Spa

LMS Route: Nuneaton to Leamington

LMS Route: Leamington to Weedon

Warwick (Milverton) Station: lnwrwar_stn1411