LMS Route: Stratford Midland Junction - The Shakespeare
Route
E&WJR and SMJ - Locomotives and Rolling Stock:
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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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