LMS Route: Nuneaton to Leamington

Kenilworth Station: lnwrk3150

An unidentified ex-LNWR 4-6-0 'Claughton Class' locomotive on a down train to Birmingham New Street circa mid to late 1920s. Designed by Charles Bowen Cooke, the locomotives were introduced in 1913, the first of the class, No 2222 being named in honour of Sir Gilbert Claughton, who was the Chairman of the LNWR at that time. A total of 130 were built, all at Crewe works up to 1921. Unfortunately it failed to live up to expectations being a mediocre performer because weight restrictions and equipment limitations at Crewe limited the size of the boiler, hence engine power. The four cylinder design and valve events were not optimised either resulting in twenty being rebuilt by the LMS with larger boilers.

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