LMS Route: Nuneaton to Leamington

Old Milverton Lineside Views: lnwr_oldmil1460

LMS 5XP 4-6-0 Jubilee class No 5742 'Connaught' is seen at speed on a six-coach Coventry to Leamington passenger service. Michael Byng writes, 'Whilst the caption is undated I would suggest that the picture was taken in the Summer of 1939, when No 5742 and several other members of the Class, numbered between 5713 and 5742 were allocated to Aston Shed for the Birmingham to Euston services. No 5742 appears to be carrying the 1936 style Gill Sans insignia and still has a single chimney. It received a double chimney at a heavy general overhaul in February 1940, which it carried until 1955'. Built at Crewe works in December 1936 No 5742 remained in service until May 1965 when it was withdrawn from Kingmoor shed in Carlisle to be scrapped in August 1965 by the Motherwell Machinery & Scrap Co of Inshaw Works.

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