GWR Route: Banbury to Wolverhampton

Hockley and Duddeston: gwrhd750

The new Top shed's canopy projected over the cartage deck (no 1 platform) to provide protection from inclement weather. Whilst principally used for access to the shed by road vehicles, a mix of motor lorries and some horse-drawn wagons, there was also a track laid along side the deck. The hut in the fore ground is now used by the GWR as a gateman's lodge having been obtained from the contractors who had used when they built the new Top shed. The Lorry standing adjacent to the brick building is being weighed on the north entrance weighbridge. C1940

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