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London North Western
Railway:
Midland
Railway:
Stratford
Midland Junction Railway
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LMS Route: Coventry Loop Line
Humber Road Junction: lnwrcll110
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An unidentified LNWR 4-4-0 George Fifth class locomotive is
seen at the head of a Birmingham to Euston express train passing the junction
with the loop line. They were introduced in 1910 by Charles Bowen-Cooke and
construction continued until 1915. They were essentially superheated versions
of George Whale's LNWR Precursor class. At the same time, similar
non-superheated Queen Mary class engines were also built but all of these
acquired superheaters as the advantages of superheating became clear and were
absorbed into the George the Fifth Class. A total of 90 George Fifth class
locomotives were built and all were named. The LNWR reused names and numbers
from withdrawn locomotives, with the result that the numbering system was
completely haphazard. All of the George Fifth class locomotives passed into LMS
ownership on the grouping on 1st January 1923. The LMS gave them the power
classification 2P. The LMS renumbered them into a more logical series of No
5320 to No 5409, and later in 1936-7 those had not been then withdrawn were
again renumbered by the addition of 20000 into the No 25320 to No 25409 series
to make room for Black Fives. Also at this time a few of the names were removed
so that they could be applied to new LMS Jubilee Class engines.
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