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GWR Route: Alcester to Hatton Junction

GWR Route: North Warwickshire Line

Bearley Junction: gwrbj765a

View showing the Alcester line branching away to the left and both sets of tracks passing under the viaduct

Bearley North Junction looking to Wooton Wawen at the time of the construction of the North Warwickshire line circa 1907. The Alcester branch was realigned for the short section it ran on the new route and can be seen diverging to the left as it passes under Bearley/Edstone viaduct. The signal on the right with repeater arms was originally built to be 50' tall in order for traffic heading towards the camera to the see the signals above the viaduct. In early BR days in 1952 it was replaced by a tubular 15' high signal. Although this photograph was taken just five or so years later than that seen in image 'gwrbj764' the ballast no longer covers the sleepers being dressed to the top of the sleeper. The raised ballast in the turnout and a little further on the curve indicates the line was still being completed when it was in operation. The signals have no 'X' on the arms the normal practice to denote the signals were not in operation.

Robert Ferris

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