GWR Route: Banbury to Wolverhampton

Hatton Station: gwrhj1929

GWR Railcar No 29 complete with a trailing coach on a Leamington to Stratford on Avon service circa 1942. The trailing coach appears to be a converted steam railmotor. Trailers would need to be detached when the Railcar had reached its final destination in order for it run around the trailer to make the return journey. In Leamington the Railmotor would pull into the line leading to the carriage sidings. The Railcar would be detached and enter one of the loop lines. Using the gravity created by the falling gradient the trailer would release its brakes and enter one of the other loop lines. The Railcar could then reverse onto the trailer and move to the platform ready to depart. The cost of this Railcar was £6.240 as was the price of the other four built at the same time.

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