LMS Route: Trent Valley Line

Shilton Station: lnwr_shil2391

LNWR 4-4-0 George V Class No 2370 'Dovedale' approaches Shilton at the head of the up Irish Mail service circa 1922. Built by Crewe works in July 1915 No 2370 was initially to carry the name 'Ashbourne'. The LMS changed its number in September 1926 to LMS No 5409 and in the 1930s placed it on the duplicate list as No 25409 to release the number for the new Stanier locomotives which it carried until it was withdrawn from service in July 1937.

An original photograph by Henry L Salmon

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