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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: lnwrrm1043
Ex-LNWR 2-4-0 Precedent Class 5000 'Princess Beatrice'
stands in a row of other stored locomotives circa 1932. Built as LNWR No 2190
at Crewe works in April 1875 No 5000 was renumbered by the LMS in July 1928
remaining in service until June 1932 when it was withdrawn from Rugby shed for
scrapping at Crewe works. The stored locomotives are adjacent to the coal
stacks with the LNWR coaling stage in the distance. One of the other
locomotives is ex-LNWR 0-6-0 Coal Engine No 8104 whilst the other is an
unidentified Coal Engine. Hawkins & Reeves in their book 'LMS Engine Sheds
Volume One - The LNWR' state that it was the practice at Rugby for a large
number of locomotives to be put in store during the winter ready to be used
during busier periods. Its assumed that the engines seen above (and in image
'lnwrrm995') are therefore in store being at the
end of their working lives.
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