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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: lnwrrm951
View of a long line of ex-LNWR freight locomotives stored
adjacent to the coal stack by the Engine Repair Workshop circa 1934. The
locomotives are standing on the line which would have been used by the coal
wagons when the stacks were built. The coal stacks were built using the same
skills as those used to build 'dry walling' in the countryside namely forming
an external wall out of large interlocking blocks and infilling with variable
size coal lumps. Coal stored in this manner had a limited shelf life and
therefore the shed's management needed to record dates when built so that the
coal would be used within a specified time period.
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