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London North Western
Railway:
Midland
Railway:
Stratford
Midland Junction Railway
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LMS Route: Rugby to Wolverhampton LMS Route: Rugby to
Leamington LMS Route: Rugby to Tamworth LMS Route: Rugby to
Leicester LMS Route: Rugby to Market Harborough
Rugby Shed: lnwrrm1038
Ex-LNWR 4-6-0 'Prince of Wales class' No 5711 is seen
standing on the turntable on 2ndApril 1929. The art of balancing the locomotive
was difficult to achieve especially when the turntable was only a little longer
than the locomotive. As seen by the above, No 5711 has its tender hard up to
the end of the 40 foot diameter turntable whilst there is only a few feet free
in front of its bogie. This would have meant the locomotive would require far
more effort to turn the locomotive than if it had been balanced evenly across
the turntable. The rails of both the track and turntable would have to be
aligned perfectly and the locomotive driven very slowly to allow the rails of
the turntable to drop in line with those of the exit road. Built at Crewe works
to order 5458 in April 1919, No 5711 remained in service until April 1935 when
it was withdrawn for scrapping at Crewe works.
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