LMS Route: Rugby to Leamington Spa (Avenue)

LMS Route: Nuneaton to Leamington

LMS Route: Leamington to Weedon

Warwick (Milverton) Shed: lnwrwar_shed1431

Ex-LMS 3MT 2-6-2T No 40078 simmers in steam fully coaled whilst waiting for its next turn of work standing in front of Milverton shed. The pits alongside were used by the drivers to inspect underneath the locomotives as well as for firemen to rake out the fire from the firebox. Many late LMS and all British Railways locomotives were fitted with self-cleaning smokeboxes and rocking fire grates, ideas adopted from the USA Army locomotives seen operating in the UK during the Second World War. These labour saving devices radically improved the servicing of locomotives which was a major benefit in post-war Britain when labour was in very short supply.

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