GWR Route: Banbury to Wolverhampton

Leamington Spa: gwrls848

A GWR 'Standard Goods' 0-6-0 stands at the Birmingham end of the station with a train comprising empty coal wagons. To the left of the train in the 'six foot' is a timber planked walkway which appears to run past the down starting signal. John Copsey writes 'A staff member can be seen crouching down in the foreground, possibly examining a fitting. Goods trains required regular inspection en route, particularly when grease axlebox vehicles were included in the formation. Indeed, any of the faster down vacuum goods trains containing grease 'box wagons were required to stop at Leamington for inspection. 9th January 1911

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