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London North Western
Railway:
 Midland
Railway:
 Stratford
Midland Junction Railway
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LMS Route: Rugby to Wolverhampton LMS Route: Nuneaton to
Leamington
Coventry Station - BR Locomotives: lnwrcov194
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BR Standard 4MT 2-6-4T No 80081 is seen derailed and fouling
the mainline inside the sidings of the old parcel depot. This accident would
have caused a great headache to 'control' as the locomotive would be preventing
trains from approaching the up platform. The locomotive's bogie plus the rear
two axles are off the rails so it will not be a very speedy job. Any up through
traffic will have to pass via the through line (the line behind the men) and if
calling at Coventry station would then need to reverse into the platform. The
locomotive will be re-railed by jacking up the wheels above the rails and
packing timber underneath. Then the wheels would be slid horizontally by
jacking sideways until they are above the rails. As my old boss would say
'Simple. So what's you problem?'. Number 80081 was built at Brighton to Lot No
6166 in March 1954 and had a very short life-span being withdrawn in June 1965
from Bournemouth Central shed to be scrapped in October 1965 by Birds of
Morriston.
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