Tamworth Station: Ex-LMS 5XP 4-6-0 Patriot class No 45533 'Lord Rathmore', with steam blowing hard from its safety valves, is seen ready for the off

LMS Routes

London North Western Railway:

Rugby to Wolverhampton
Rugby to Leamington
Rugby to Market Harborough
Nuneaton to Leamington
Coventry Loop Line
Leamington to Weedon
Trent Valley Line
Birmingham New Street to Lichfield
Birmingham New Street to Harborne
Birmingham-Soho-
Perry Barr-Birmingham

Midland Railway:

Nuneaton to Birmingham New Street
Birmingham New Street to Tamworth
Evesham to Birmingham
Hampton in Arden to Whitacre
Birmingham West Suburban Railway
Rugby to Leicester
Water Orton to Walsall
Halesowen to Northfield

Stratford Midland Junction Railway

The Shakespeare Route

Tamworth Station: lnwr_tam1741

Ex-LMS 5XP 4-6-0 Patriot class No 45533 'Lord Rathmore', with steam blowing hard from its safety valves, is seen ready for the off whilst at the head of an up express service. Built at Derby works in April 1933 No 45533 remained in service until September 1962 when it was officially withdrawn from Edge Hill shed in Liverpool having been in store since the previous December at Preston for scrapping by Crewe works in October 1962.

LMS Route: Rugby to Tamworth

Tamworth Station: lnwr_tam1741