Memorial

Rugby LNWR Employees - Patriot Locomotive (2) & Nameplate

Patriot Nameplate

Source: Copyright David Austin

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Current Location

Rugby Locomotive Steam Shed (Colas Rail Depot), Mill Road, Rugby, Rugby, Warwickshire, CV21 1BE, England

SP 51250 76189

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Type of Memorial: Locomotive / Train
WMR Reference Number: 50567
Description: A railway locomotive of London Midland and Scottish Railway 4-6-0 'Baby Scot' class, named in 1937, with no. 5500. It was renumbered by British Railways 45500 and was withdrawn in March 1961. This locomotive replaced the original London and North Western Railway 'Patriot' (IWM 19481), and had newly cast curved nameplates, one of which is incorporated in the rugby steam shed memorials (IWM 19480 and 61305).
Inscription: PATRIOT/ IN MEMORY OF THE FALLEN/ L. & N.W.R. EMPLOYEES/ 1914-1919

Locomotive

Made from: Unknown

Condition: Lost

Plaque

Made from: Metal

Condition: Good

The Railway Magazine Nov. 1969 p.611; Jan. 2010 p.26.
Warwickshire Railways, https://www.warwickshirerailways.com/lms/lnwrrm2569.htm, accessed 8th July, 2025