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GWR Route: Banbury to Wolverhampton

Hatton Station: gwrhj1890

An unidentified ex-GWR Prairie is seen on the up line running bunker first back to Warwick station

An unidentified ex-GWR Prairie is seen on the up line running bunker first back to Warwick station. The locomotive would have probably banked a freight train up to Hatton North Junction and then, having eased off, it would then reverse and use the adjacent trailing crossover to gain access to the up line. Hatton's Middle Signal Box had once stood on the left adjacent to the telegraph pole. Its rural position would sometimes generate an unusual type of passenger traffic. The nearby canal was very popular with fishermen and Hatton staff would on occasion have to cope with up to 200 anglers on the platform at dusk on a Sunday.

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