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London North Western
Railway:
Midland
Railway:
Stratford
Midland Junction Railway
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LMS Route: Rugby to Leamington Spa (Avenue)
Dunchurch Station: lnwrdun1756
BR built 2-6-2T No 41227 is seen at the head of the 5:35pm
Rugby to Leamington motor fitted local passenger service on the last day of
service. At the end of the Second World War the LMS still owned various elderly
LNWR tank engines which had come to the end of their useful life, only the
outbreak of the war stopping them from being scrapped. The operating department
required a new small class 2 locomotive to replace them and to a specification
that incorporated various labour saving devices as well as easy access for
maintenance.
George Ivatt had succeeded Charles Fairburn as LMS Chief
Mechanical Engineer (CME) after the latter's sudden death ended his eighteen
months of tenure as CME. The labour saving design incorporated a lot of
American practice seen applied to the many USA Transport Corp's locomotives
running on Britain's railways in the build up to the invasion of Europe.
Self-emptying ashpans and rocking grates were just two examples as was the
practice of adopting high running plates with the running plate in front of the
cylinders removed to ease access to moving parts.
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