LMS Route: Rugby to Wolverhampton
LMS Route: Nuneaton to Leamington

Coventry Station - LMS Locomotives: lnwrcov1583

Ex-LNWR 0-6-0 2F Cauliflower class No 8532 is seen resting between duties whilst shunting in the parcels bay on 27th Spril 1942. Built at Crewe works in May 1900 it remained in service until July 1948 when it was withdrawn from Workington shed to be scrapped in November 1948 by Crewe works. These famous and powerful engines with larger cylinders and wheels were for express goods but also often used on passenger trains as well. They could be distinguished by the humps in the footplate to clear the connecting rod pins and by the company crest on the centre splashers , which earned them the ‘Cauliflower’ nickname from its appearance at a distance. The first ten had H-spoke wheels for which they were named ‘duckfoots’ (from Webb?) but the rest had the more elegant spoked wheels. The original wooden brake blocks were later replaced by cast iron blocks. Buffer beams were wood, and sanding was at the front only, supplied from a box ahead of the leading splasher. Courtesy LNWR Society.

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