LMS Route: Rugby to Leamington Spa
LMS Route: Nuneaton to Leamington
LMS Route: Nuneaton to Leamington

Warwick (Milverton) Station: lnwrwar_stn4043

Ex-LNWR 0-8-0 G2 No 9409 passes through Warwick Milverton station with a northbound goods service in 1937. Note the station name board, or to give it its correct technical name 'Running-in Board', had the 'Milverton' framed with an inverted comma at both ends. Due to the curve in the track at the station, the tall signal post on the right has been fitted with semaphore signal arms for both the down and up direction. Built as LNWR No 396 by Crewe in February 1922 the locomotive was renumbered by the LMS as No 9409 in October 1926 and then as No 44909 by British Railways in August 1950 which it retained until June 1959 when it was withdrawn from 86K Tredegar shed to be scrapped by J Cashmores of Great Bridge. Finally, note the houses on the right which have raised walls above the roof line. These are known as 'London' firewalls reflecting that London was synonymous with this practice. It wasn't unknown for terraced houses to be built with no dividing wall in the roof (attic) space which could be very dangerous if a fire broke out.

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