LMS Route: Evesham to Birmingham
Northfield: mrn318
MR 1P 2-4-0 No 174 pilots a MR Belpaire boilered 2P 4-4-0 No
368 on a passenger train. The length of the train demonstrates the waste of the
MR's policy of using pilot locomotives on most lightly loaded trains. A train
of this length would not require double heading on the LNWR or GWR as they
would use more powerful locomotives. 16th July 1921
Number 174 was built as a member of the MR's class 1282 and
built by Dubbs & Co in February 1884 and lasted in service until scrapped
in July 1928 by Derby works. Number 368 was a member of the MR's 1738 class
being built by Derby works in June 1886 it was scrapped some time in July
1929.
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