Nuneaton Locomotive Depot
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Nuneaton Locomotive Depot
Image: © Ben Brooksbank Taken: 15 Mar 1953
View NE in the Locomotive Yard - 'about to be attacked by' ex-London & North Western 0-8-0 No. 49047! This was an important freight Depot for the West Coast Main Line and its connections at Trent Valley Station, also catering for local passenger services. It was located between the WCML and the line to Coventry. Coded by the LMSR and BR as 2B (Rugby District), it had an allocation of 69 locomotives in 1954:- 3 4-4-0s, 15 2-8-0s, 14 2-6-0s, 18 0-8-0s, 7 0-6-0s, 8 2-6-2Ts and 4 0-6-0Ts. It closed in 6/66.
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Image Location
Latitude
52.521938
Longitude
-1.458181