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LMS Route: Stratford Midland Junction - The Shakespeare Route

E&WJR and SMJ - Locomotives and Rolling Stock: smjsa336

Another view of SMJ 0-6-0 No 7, fully coaled and watered, standing outside the original E&WJR shed

Another view of SMJ 0-6-0 No 7, fully coaled and watered, standing outside the original E&WJR shed. When purchased from the L&BSCR, the locomotive had no injector as water was pumped by two eccentrics fitted on to the axles. This caused the tendency for impromptu stops when the driver would have to uncouple the locomotive from the train and run it backwards and forwards in order to pump more water into the boiler. One can only guess what the crews thought of this procedure!

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