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

Coventry Station: lnwrcov554f

Close up showing the LNWR locomotive shed which lay between the junction to Leamington and Quinton Road

Close up of image 'lnwrcov554' showing the LNWR engine shed which lay between the junction to Leamington and Quinton Road. The twin roof of the shed is clearly visibile whilst in the carriage sidings a rake of four LNWR coaches in their plum and spilt milk livery are evident. Steve Banks writes, 'The term plum and spilt milk when applied to the livery of LNWR coaches, was actually a deep brown/purple shade and French grey, the latter often misinterpreted as a pale, milky grey when in fact it had a hint of green (ultramarine was added to the white, which in those days was a lead-based, more creamy colour than we are used to seeing today) - see the preserved coach at the NRM which has it dead right.'

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