GWR Route: Banbury to Wolverhampton

Leamington Spa - GWR Locomotives: gwrls200

GWR 36XX class 2-4-2T No 3606 arrives at the up platform at the head of an up local passenger train circa 1928. Built at Swindon in April 1902 No 3606 was withdrawn from Leamington Shed (LMTN) in March 1931 to be scrapped by Swindon Works a short time after. The first twenty one engines of this class (Nos 3600-20) were originally built with Standard No 3 parallel domeless boilers, but coned boilers were subsequently fitted. The locomotive was later, in October 1912, to receive a long coned boiler whilst being superheated at the same time. These engines were employed mainly on suburban passenger duties with about half the class being allocated to sheds in the Birmingham area. They were displaced by the 2-6-2T large prairies (51xx, 5101 and 61xx classes) in the early 1930’s and the entire 36xx class was withdrawn between 1930 and 1934.

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