LMS Route: Stratford Midland Junction - The Shakespeare
Route
E&WJR and SMJ - Locomotives and Rolling Stock:
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A late Edwardian view of rebuilt E&WJR 0-6-0 No 3 posed
alongside Stratford upon Avon shed's coal stack. The Belpaire firebox
indicating that this photograph was taken after 1904 when the locomotive was
rebuilt which also involved a new cab spectacle plate and it was fitted with
vacuum brakes.. The man on the footplate is Mr Hirons, the Stationmaster of
Stratford-upon-Avon Old Town whilst the man on the ground wearing a bowler hat
is Mr Bradshaw, the locomotive Foreman. See image 'smjsa369' for a view of the locomotive in unrebuilt
condition.
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