LMS Route: Trent Valley Line
Shilton Station: lnwr_shil1110
LNWR 2P 4-6-0 No 1703 'Northumberlandshire', an Experiment
class locomotive, is seen at the head of a mixed stock down express approaching
Shilton station. Philip Millard of the
LNWR Society writes 'The
first vehicle is one of the four 42ft 0in x 8ft 6in non-corridor brake thirds
to P 118 in the old (1895) diagram book. These were supplemented circa1912 but
still seem to have been used in (secondary) main-line service until 1920 at
least'. Built at Crewe works in December 1909 No 1703 was renumbered as No 5548
by the LMS in June 1926 and remained in service until March 1934 when it was
withdrawn from service to be scrapped by Crewe works.
An original photograph by Henry L Salmon
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