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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: lnwrrm2576
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Ex-LNER 4-6-0 B16 No 61440 stands outside Rugby Testing
Station minus its rear set of wheels circa 1959. Vic Smith writes, 'No 61440
allocated to 50A York shed failed at Woodford Halse with a defective driving
wheel set. It was hauled to Rugby shed, minus its rear coupling rods, by ex-LMS
8F 2-8-0 No 48442. The route used to move the failed locomotive was via the
Stratford Midland Junction line to Blisworth and then down the branch to
Northampton, where it had a short stay at the MPD, before moving on to Rugby,
arriving 12th June 1960. At Rugby, the defective wheel set was removed and a
temporary wheel set fitted. The loco then worked in steam as a 4-4-2, with the
trailing rods tied to the splashers of the leading driving wheels, back to
Darlington Works. It was photographed in steam on Leicester Midland shed on
12th July 1960. Seen in Darlington Works Yard on 29th July 1960 No 61440 was
condemned on 15th August 1960. By 10th September it was in the scrapyard, with
cutting up starting around 19th November 19 and completed by 7th December
1960.
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