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London North Western
Railway:
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Railway:
![](../railpics/invisible.gif) 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 Shed: lnwrrm960
Ex-LMS 4-6-0 rebuilt Claughton Class No 5962 is seen taking
on water from a parachute water tank before its moves forward to the turntable
circa 1932. Built as LNWR No 194 at Crewe works to order 5505 in January 1920
No 5962 was one of a number of Claughton's rebuilt in an effort to improve the
efficiency of the class. The most obvious improvement was the fitting of a
larger boiler (subsequently fitted to the Patriot class locomotives). Other
significant failures such as the issue of cylinder efficiency were also
addressed by the use of multiple rings in the cylinder. However, these
improvements came too late as the decision to build the Patriot class, by
harnessing the boiler used on the rebuilt Claughtons with the chassis of the
Royal Scot, had been made. This locomotive received it LMS running number in
February 1927 and was withdrawn from service in December 1935 to be scrapped by
Crewe works.
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