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London North Western
Railway:
Midland
Railway:
Stratford
Midland Junction Railway
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LMS Route: Grand Junction Railway
Hamstead and Great Barr Station: lnwrgb61b
Close up image 'lnwrgb61' of LNWR 0-6-0 18 inch Goods' No
710 as its young fireman pauses from firing to pose for the camera.
Colloquially they were called 'Cauliflowers' which was also the nick name for
the LNWR Companys Coat of Arms which was said to resemble the vegetable
in outline. The nick name passing on to the locomotives because the class when
first built carried the LNWR Coat of Arms on the middle splasher and it was
said to look like the vegetable when viewed from a distance. Built by Crewe
works in May 1901 No 710 was later renumbered by the LMS as No 8600 prior to
its withdrawal from service circa 1927. The class were designed by Francis Webb
(1836 - 1906) and a total of 302 were built between 1890 and 1902.
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