GWR Route: Stratford on Avon to Honeybourne

Long Marston Station: gwrlm481a

Close up of image 'gwrlm481' shows the GWR 517 class or 3571 class locomotive with a sheet fixed to cover the bunker to prevent ingress of coal dust when running bunker first. The porters luggage trolley would have gained access to the down platform via the level crossing. This view also shows that a trailing crossover was provided between the up and down lines with ground signals in the six foot (the area between the two running lines). The signal seen controlling the up line in images 'gwrlm478' and 'gwrlm479' appears therefore to have been sited to control this cross over too. Other items of note are; the wagons in the refuge siding seem to be without a locomotive and the level crossing is boarded to provide road traffic with hard standing when crossing the line.

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