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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

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 No 80974 was withdrawn from service in 1972 and is now preserved on the North Yorkshire Moors Railway.

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