LMS Route: Berkswell to Kenilworth Junction
Kenilworth Junction: lnwrkj3132
Kenilworth Junction signalman Frank Prew ready to take the
single line staff off a coal train heading towards Leamington. The fine coal
seen in the steel mineral wagons indicates that the train was delivering coal
to one of the CEGB's power stations, in this instance probably Didcot. Ex-LMS
8F 2-8-0 No 48650 was built as LMS No 8650 by Eastliegh works (LSWR) in October
1943 and was to remain in service until August 1967 when it was withdrawn from
8E Northwich shed to be scrapped by J Buttigieg's of Newport.
Barry Hickman
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