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LMS Route: Nuneaton to Leamington

Kenilworth Junction: lnwrkj176

View of an unidentified ex-Midland Railway 3F 0-6-0 locomotive coming off the Berkswell branch whilst at the head of an up coal train

View of an unidentified ex-Midland Railway 3F 0-6-0 locomotive coming off the Berkswell branch whilst at the head of an up coal train. The Midland Railway positioned the driver on the right which meant that the driver was located on the side of the cab nearest the camera whereas most other railways, including the LMS within which the MR was absorbed in 1923, had the driver on the left hand side of the cab. The train appears to be comprised of five and seven-plank Private Owner wagons and would have originated from the Birmingham area as north of Berkswell there were no other routes for the train to have travelled. In all probability it would have started at Washwood Heath Sidings one of the LMS' major marshalling yards handling coal in the region.

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