LMS Route: Nuneaton to Leamington

Old Milverton Lineside Views: lnwr_oldmil1449

LMS 8F 2-8-0 No 8111 is seen piloting an unidentified ex-LNWR 'Coal Engine' on an eight-coach local passenger service to Coventry circa 1938. The length of train would not normally have warranted the additional power of an 8F freight locomotive so it is more than probable that it has been coupled to the LNWR 0-6-0 to save 'control' from having to find an extra path on the route. The 8F is probably returning to Nuneaton having brought a coal train to Leamington. Its easy to forget today that the North Warwickshire coal fields were once a prodigious source of revenue for the line with their coal being sent to the south both via LMS metals and via the GWR line from Leamington.

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