LMS Route: Nuneaton to Coventry

Foleshill Road Station: lnwrfr4211

Ex-LMS 2-6-0 'Hughes Crab' No 42970 is seen passing Foleshill Road Signal Cabin on a Class K service in 1964. British Railways categorised a Class K service as 'being a pick up or branch freight or mineral/ballast train on a short haul run'. Built by Crewe works as LMS No 13270 in January 1934, it was renumbered as 2970 in June the following year which it retained until British railways renumbered it as No 42970 in December 1950. We believe the year of this photograph is 1964, from other photographs of Eric and as the locomotive was allocated to 5E Nuneaton shed in October 1963 and withdrawn from service in October 1964.

This is one of several photographs from the collection of Eric Charles G Sharpe, born circa 1913, died 1995 in Coventry and his wife Isis?/Iris M nee Pinfold, born 1917, died 1996 in Torbay, Devon. They were purchased by Michael Wells from Beazley's Auction House, Preston, Paignton, Torbay, South Devon circa 1999.

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