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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 - BR Period Locomotives: lnwrrm756
Ex-LMS 4-6-0 Patriot class No 45541 'Duke of Sutherland'
stands in the dump line at Rugby. The chimneys of withdrawn locomotives were
often covered to prevent the ingress of water as this would enter the steam
passages and rust the valves, pistons etc. It was a precautionary move as it
enabled the locomotive to be returned to service should the need arise as it
appears to be in this case as No 45541 was officially recorded as being
withdrawn in May 1962 from Nuneaton shed. Built at Crewe works in August 1933
nominally as a rebuild of a LNWR Claughton it was cut up at Crewe works in
September 1962.
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