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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 Station: lnwrrm899
View of the last passenger train to leave Rugby (Midland)
for Leamington Avenue on 13th June 1959. Built by British Railways to an LMS
design by GH Ivatt, 2MT 2-6-2T No 41227 is seen in push mode meaning when
travelling with the locomotive attached at the rear of the carriages, the
driver would be located in a driving compartment situated in the first coach.
This was equipped with controls to allow the driver to operate the locomotive.
The fireman however still needed to remain on the locomotive's footplate and
its him that can be seen hanging out the locomotive's cab window. Built at
Crewe in October 1948 No 41227 was only 16 years old before it was withdrawn
from service at Nine Elms shed on the Southern Region in September 1964.
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