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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: Rugby to
Leamington LMS Route: Rugby to Tamworth LMS Route: Rugby to
Leicester LMS Route: Rugby to Market Harborough
Rugby Station: lnwrrm3002
British Railways 4-6-2 7MT Britannia Class No 70027 'Rising
Star' takes the Coventry line out of Rugby at the head of a Class E freight
service having passed Rugby No 7 Signal Cabin on 26th February 1962. A Class E
service described the following 'Express freight, livestock, perishable or
ballast train partly fitted, with not less than four braked vehicles next to
the engine and connected by the automatic brake pipe. Express freight,
livestock, perishable or ballast train with a limited load of vehicles, NOT
fitted with the automatic brake'. Built by Crewe works in October 1952, No
70027 was to remain in service until July 1967 when it was withdrawn from 12A
Kingmoor shed in Carlisle to be scrapped by the Motherwell Machinery and Scrap
Company of Wishaw.
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