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LMS Route: Nuneaton to Leamington

Old Milverton Lineside Views: lnwr_oldmil1452

Ex-LMS 7P 4-6-0 Re-built Patriot class No 45531 'Sir Frederick Harrison' is seen at the head of an up diverted Birmingham to Euston express

Ex-LMS 7P 4-6-0 Re-built Patriot class No 45531 'Sir Frederick Harrison' is seen at the head of an up diverted Birmingham to Euston express in 1948. In all probability the photograph was taken on a Sunday and the train has been diverted via Leamington to Rugby due to engineering works between Coventry and Rugby. If the train had originating at Birmingham without the need to call at Coventry, it would have used the Berkswell to Kenilworth cut off. This diversionary route was used extensively in the 1960s during the rebuilding of Coventry and the electrification of the West Coast main line. John Dews notes, 'the locomotive was originally classified by the LMS as 5XP as built by Fowler and then 6P when rebuilt with the Standard 2A tapered boiler. Also of interest is that the locomotive has yet to receive the smoke deflectors that gave the class its distinctive look.

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