LMS Route: Stratford Midland Junction - The Shakespeare
Route
E&WJR and SMJ - Locomotives and Rolling Stock:
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View of ex-SMJ 0-6-0 No 2311, formerly SMJ No 18, standing
on No 4 road outside the shed on 8th April 1924. The last two new locomotives
to be ordered by the E&WJR in 1907 very nearly did not arrive as the
E&WJR had to inform Beyer Peacock that even with hire purchase the railway
could not afford their delivery. The formation of the SMJ in 1909 with its new
financial arrangement, meant that both locomotives arrived in December 1908
with full and final payment being made in January 1909. The tender of No 2311
was put to use as a water carrier after the locomotive was scrapped in
1927.
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