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: lnwrrm2632

LNWR 2-2-2-0 Teutonic Class No 1303 stand on the up refuge siding by platform 2 at Rugby station ready to take forward an up express to London. The Teutonic class was developed from the Dreadnought class, and became the most successful and, when built, the largest of FW Webb’s 2-2-2-0 three-cylinder compounds. Using the same boiler, they had 7ft 1in driving wheels (compared with 6ft 3in on the Dreadnought class). The reversers for the two outside high-pressure cylinders, and the one inside low-pressure cylinder were linked, so that the driver could adjust one independently of the other. The axle boxes were lubricated by oil instead of grease, a feature introduced on the class. All except 'Jeanie Deans' were named after ships of the White Star Line. 'Pacific', the third of the class, was originally built as a triple expansion compound but was soon converted to conform with the rest of the class. Description courtesy of the LNWR Society.

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