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 Shed: lnwrrm946a

Close up of image 'lnwrrm946' showing one of the two crew pushing hard on the turntable's pole in order to turn the locomotive. This was one of the two 40 foot turntables initially provided at Rugby and would be replaced within two or three years by a larger 55 feet diameter turntable. The newer turntables were designed to be operated by using the locomotive's vacuum. Around the above turntable are slats fixed into the ground in order to help the crew to stop slipping when pushing. The need to correctly balance the locomotive by distributing its weight evenly across the turntable was crucial in helping the crew to avoid too much exertion.

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