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 Station: lnwrrm2444
Ex-LMS 2-8-0 8F No 48637 is seen in steam inside of Rugby's
No 2 shed which had been built in 1878. The innovation of providing smoke
troughs was a great improvement according to the Rugby Advertiser on 2nd March
1878. Constructed from timber and suspended the full length over each of the
twelve sets of rails, they were susceptible to damage caused by the sulphurous
environment. Built as LMS No 8637 by the Southern Railway's Brighton works in
September 1943, No 48637 remained in service until September 1967 when it was
withdrawn from 10D Lockstock Hall shed.
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