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London North Western
Railway:
Midland
Railway:
Stratford
Midland Junction Railway
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LMS Route: Birmingham New Street to Nuneaton
Nuneaton Abbey Street Station: mrna43
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Ex-MR 2F 0-6-0 No 2996 is seen approaching Nuneaton on an
empty mineral working on 4th April 1941. Despite being in the second year of
the war the timber open wagons seem reasonably clean although the first wagon
has no visible owner markings. During the Second World War all wagons were
effectively nationalised being taken over by the Railway Executive and could be
deployed as it saw fit. This was an extension of the common user practice
adopted by many wagon owners prior to the war. Common use meant that when the
wagon had been deployed transporting a load from location A to location
B instead of returning it empty to location A (which only
incurred costs and generated no revenue) it could be used by the railway to
move other goods for other owners to a different location. The principle being
that with most people adopting the same practice costs would be significantly
reduced. Photography was illegal during the war so any such photographs are
rare and therefore very welcome in giving us a little knowledge on how the
railways played their part in the ultimate victory.
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