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This is how London and North Western Railway (LNWR) Webb improved Precedent-class 2-4-0 steam locomotive No. 790 Hardwicke looks in profile. The 36-ton locomotive was built by Crewe Works in 1873 as an express-passenger engine, and was "renewed" in 1892, after which it was assigned to the Crewe-Carlisle section of the West Coast Main Line. During the 1895 Race to the North, it maintained a speed of over 67 miles per hour on the London-Glasgow train. It was retired by the LMS Railway in 1932 and donated to the National Railway Museum in 1975, by which time it was already over a century old. On display at the Locomotion Museum in Shildon, Hardwicke looks fast and elegant with its proportionally large 6'9" driving wheels and lined "blackberry black" livery, though a bit spindly compared to more recent locomotives.

Description
This is how London and North Western Railway (LNWR) Webb improved Precedent-class 2-4-0 steam locomotive No. 790 Hardwicke looks in profile. The 36-ton locomotive was built by Crewe Works in 1873 as an express-passenger engine, and was "renewed" in 1892, after which it was assigned to the Crewe-Carlisle section of the West Coast Main Line. During the 1895 Race to the North, it maintained a speed of over 67 miles per hour on the London-Glasgow train. It was retired by the LMS Railway in 1932 and donated to the National Railway Museum in 1975, by which time it was already over a century old. On display at the Locomotion Museum in Shildon, Hardwicke looks fast and elegant with its proportionally large 6'9" driving wheels and lined "blackberry black" livery, though a bit spindly compared to more recent locomotives.