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LMS Route: Leamington to Weedon

Southam & Long Itchington Station: lnwrs&l1320a

Close up of the cab in the driver trailer showing the vacuum operated controls inside the middle window of the cab and the pipework fitted outside

Close up of image 'lnwrs&l1320' showing the cab in the driver trailer and the vacuum operated controls inside the middle window of the cab and the pipework fitted outside. The driver operated the push-pull train from this cab through controls operated by vacuum via pipes that passed under the carriages to the locomotive. The locomotive needed to be equipped with special equipment - known as being motor fitted - which allowed the vacuum controls to operate the engine. The fireman would remain in the locomotive at all times and it was only when the locomotive headed the train that the driver would be in the locomotive cab.

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