GWR Route: Alcester to Hatton Junction

GWR Route: North Warwickshire Line

Bearley Junction: gwrbj764a

Close up of image 'gwrbj764' showing the fireman of the 0-4-2T engine letting the water flow in to the bunker by controlling the wheel on the down pipe, an operation that had two minutes allocated on the route time circa 1903. The timber cladding to the pipe was to prevent the pipe freezing up in winter whilst the panel of corrugated iron behind was probable a form of protection for the fireman against the elements. The signal in the background is the Bearley Distance Signal seen in image 'gwrbj767'.

Robert Ferris

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