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

Coventry Station: lnwrcov645c

Close up of image 'lnwrcov645' showing an early L&B four-wheels coach still fitted with luggage retaining supports fitted to the roof. The carriage of luggage in the early days of railways again evolved from the previous era of transport when over a thousand Turnpike companies maintained some 20,000 miles of road enabling all the major cities to be connected by stagecoach. With such small vehicles, luggage could only be stored on top of the coach and as early railway coaches were effectively three or four road coach bodies joined together and mounted to run on rails, this design was carried forward.

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