London & North Western Railway Webb 'Jubilee' class 4-cyl. compound No. 1916 'Irresistable'. Built at Crewe in July 1899, rebuilt to 'Renown' class in Feb. 1919 and withdrawn in September 1930 as LMS No. 5155.

A razor sharp portrait of 'Irresistable' awaiting departure from Euston in the first decade of the twentieth century. Many of the LMS Stanier 'Jubilee' class very appropriately inherited their names from their Webb L&NWR predecessors. Note the boarded infill between the tracks at Euston in this period. Not exactly H&S friendly in icy conditions...

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