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A distant view of LNWR Greater Britain Class 2-2-2-2 No 528 'Richard Moon' is posed in the distance on the Northampton down line with 2pm corridor stock on 13th June 1897. Philip Millard of the LNWR Society writes, 'the coaching stock can be identified as follows:
These 42ft 0in and 45ft 0in carriages were already obsolesecent at the time when the photograph was taken in June 1897. In July 1897 the first West Coast Joint Stock (WCJS) 50ft 0in designs emerged from Wolverton. Kitchen Firsts/Thirds were synonymous with Dining Saloons, which were usually made of a Kitchen area (either central or at one end) and a Dining Area for passengers. These early WCJS diners operated in pairs, and later as a triple set. More details may be found in the book "A Register of West Coast Joint Stock" published by the HMRS. They did not carry any indication of the class of passenger for whom they were intended, and it is possible that they were sometimes used as "unclassed"'. Rugby Station: lnwrrm3318a
Close up of LNWR Greater Britain Class 2-2-2-2 No 528 'Richard Moon' posed on the Northampton down line. The Class of ten Compound locomotives were built commencing 1891 and had three cylinders, two outer cylinders of 15 inch diameter and one internal cylinder of 30 inch diameter. The outer cylinders drove the second set of 7 foot 1 inch driving wheels whilst the inner cylinder drove the first set of driving wheels. Because the two sets of drivers were not connected this could, on starting, result in one pair of drivers turning in the opposite direction to the other pair. The Class were followed by ten members of the 'John Hick' Class which were of the same configuration but fitted with 6 foot 3 inch driving wheels. The 'Greater Britain' Class locomotives were distinguishable from the smaller 'John Hicks' Class by the noticeably larger wheels and by the presence of a pair of rectangular access (lubricating) slots in the horizontal component of the splasher. Rugby Station: lnwrrm3318b
Philip Millard identified the above coach as a WCJS 42ft 0in Corridor Brake Third (D.71 in 1915 Diagram Book) Rugby Station: lnwrrm3318c
Philip Millard identified the above Dining Saloons as being on the left a WCJS 47ft 9in First Class Dining Saloon ( transferred to London North Western Railway in 1906, D.31A in the 1915 LNWR Diagram Book) and on the right a WCJS 50ft 6in Third Class Dining Saloon ( transferred to London North Western Railway in 1906, D.41 in the 1915 LNWR Diagram Book).
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