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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 - Pre-grouping Locomotives: lnwrrm924
LNWR 2-4-0 'Big Jumbo' No 1531 'Cromwell' stands outside in
the shed's yard circa 1910. Officially described as the 'Improved Precedent
Class' they were originally designed by FW Webb for express passenger work. A
total of one hundred and sixty-six were built in batches by Crewe works between
1887 and 1897 with two further additions being built in 1898 and 1901.
Officially they were rebuilds of ninety-six Newton Class and eighty Precedent
Class locomotives though in reality they were 'accountancy' rebuilds so that
the cost of their construction could be charged to revenue and not to capital
accounts. When 'rebuilt' they retained the numbers and names of their
predecessors which were, in accordance to LNWR standard practice random and not
sequential, resulting in the numbering system continuing this dysfunctional
system.
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