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GWR Route: North Warwickshire Line

Earlswood Lakes Station: gwrel458

Looking towards Birmingham from under the passenger footbridge and along the down platform with Rumbush Lane road bridge marking the station's boundary

Looking towards Birmingham from under the passenger footbridge and along the down platform with Rumbush Lane road bridge marking the station's boundary. There was a refuge siding located on the down side just beyond the road bridge. Refuge sidings were needed at intervals along most main line routes to provide a means for moving slow moving goods traffic out of the paths of passenger services. The station was lit by oil either by lamps hung from the canopy or on lampposts placed at approximately 30 feet apart along the platforms. A standard GWR water crane can be seen located at the far end of the up platform. Water cranes were designed to rotate through 90° from its parked position so that the 'bag', the flexible hose made of leather, could be positioned over the locomotive, whereas a water column was a fixed vertical pipe with a 'bag' that had to be extended across the platform and into the water tank on the locomotive.

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