GWR Route: Banbury to Wolverhampton

Leamington Spa: gwrls237a

This close up of image 'gwrls237' shows the goods shed and yard which lay on the Birmingham side of Leamington station. On the right can be seen one of the several GWR horse drawn wagons allocated the station with each of the two lines protected by a loading gauge. Partially hidden by the signal is a hand operated fixed crane used to lift loads from the railway wagons on to the road vehicles.

To accommodate working in the dark are three gas lit lampposts each with a fixed ladder to enable their being lit by hand. The loads in the wagons are of interest being barrels and timber on the right whilst the other wagons (including those in the goods shed have been sheeted to provide protection from both the elements and the cinders expelled from the chimney of the train's locomotive.

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