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London North Western
Railway:
Midland
Railway:
Stratford
Midland Junction Railway
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LMS Route: The Shakespeare Route
Clifford Sidings: smjc234
An unidentified ex-GWR 2-6-2T locomotive propels an ex-GWR
Inspection Saloon No 80974 towards Clifford Sidings. This inspection was
probably associated with the construction of the new junctions at
Stratford-upon-Avon and Fenny Compton for the Banbury to South Wales Iron Ore
trains. Inspection Saloon No 80974 was one of six coaches built at Swindon
Works in 1948 to Diagram Q13 under lot 1701. These coaches were 52 foot long by
8 foot 11 inch wide carried on pressed steel 9 foot wheelbase bogies. They had
an open saloon at each end with a complement of twenty three loose chairs. At
each end the saloons had large windows and a warning gong. In the centre of the
coach was a galley, lavatory and guard's brake. All access doors had steps. No
80974 was withdrawn from service in 1972 and is now preserved on the North
Yorkshire Moors Railway.
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