LMS Route: Trent Valley Line

LMS Route: Nuneaton to Leamington

Nuneaton Station: lnwrns3790

Ex-LMS 5MT 4-6-0 No 45058 pilots ex-LMS 5XP 4-6-0 No 45592 'Indore' on the up 'Ulster Express' on 29th December 1962. On the right is ex-LMS 8F 2-8-0 No 48349 which is waiting to bring a freight off the Ashby & Nuneaton line into Nuneaton. The overhead wires mark the inexorable march south of the West Coast Main Line electrification. The down 'Ulster Express' ran every day, including Sundays. From Mondays to Fridays, inclusive, it left Euston at 6:10 pm to reaches Heysham at 10:52 pm after stopping at Crewe, Preston, and Morecambe. The distance to Heysham from Euston is 239 miles.

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