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LNER Route: Leicester to Marylebone
Rugby Central Station: gcrcs279
Ex-LMS 'Rebuilt Royal Scot' 4-6-0 No 46111 'Royal Fusilier'
approaches Rugby Central at with a down express whilst ex-LMS 5XP 'Jubilee
Class' 4-6-0 No 45553 'Canada' stands at Rugby Central's up platform with the
up evening Nottingham Victoria to Marylebone working. The Royal Scot was
originally built with a parallel boiler by the North British Locomotive Company
of Glasgow in October 1927, but later when the boiler was life expired, it was
rebuilt with Stanier's 2A tapered boiler undergoing at the same time other
modifications. In its tapered boiler form No 46111 remained in service until
September 1963 when it was withdrawn from 16D Annesley shed. The Jubilee Class
locomotive, built as LMS No 5553 by Crewe works in May 1934, was to remain in
service until November 1964 when it was withdrawn from 5A Crewe North to be
scrapped.
Tony Newman
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