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 - LMS Period Locomotives: lnwrrm783
LMS 8F 2-8-0 No 8629 carrying a 1A shed plate is seen
standing at the head of a down goods train on the up avoiding lines behind the
station circa 1930s. LMS 4F 0-6-0 No 4077 can be seen on a parallel track also
waiting for the all clear to progress south of the station. Built by the
Southern Railway's Brighton works in June 1943 No 8629 was to remain in service
until August 1966 when it was withdrawn from Saltley shed to be scrapped during
December 1966 by J Cashmore of Great Bridge.
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