Les Bird Posted June 15, 2020 Share Posted June 15, 2020 Does anyone know why ex-LNWR locomotives didn't appear to receive smokebox numberplates at nationalisation? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steamport Southport Posted June 15, 2020 Share Posted June 15, 2020 (edited) Most of them never got LMS ones either. I think it was due to difficulty attaching them to the smokebox door and possibly thought a waste of time fitting them as they didn't use roundhouses. Or if you believe some writers it was that they didn't want to because the practice came from a rival company in the Midland Railway. I would take that with a pinch of salt as they didn't seem to have any problems adopting other Midland practices. Jason Edited June 15, 2020 by Steamport Southport 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Invicta Posted June 18, 2020 Share Posted June 18, 2020 IIRC this is discussed in the Essery & Jenkinson Illustrated History of LMS Locomotives, vol 1, the general overview and liveries volume. As I recall, the gist of it is that at first all locomotives were supposed to have smokebox door plates, but in practice the majority of ex-LNWR locos never got them, and by about the late '20's the practice had been officially abandoned - apart from on ex-Midland locos, which of course already had them, and new-build LMS standards - and they didn't last long on the minority of ex-LNWR locos which had received them when first repainted after grouping, Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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