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GWR 4-2-2 Achilles Class No 3050 'Royal Sovereign' on 3:28pm down local service to Snow Hill on 1st April 1913

GWR 4-2-2 Achilles Class No 3050 'Royal Sovereign' on 3:28pm down local service to Snow Hill on 1st April 1913. The vacuum reservoir (the long tube) seen on the top of the clerestory coach almost certainly implies that its a slip vehicle, either empty stock or picked up at Leamington Spa. The locomotive was built at Swindon works in February 1895 and only remained in service a short time being withdrawn in December 1915.

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