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GWR Route: Moreton-in-Marsh to Shipston-on-Stour

Moreton-in-Marsh Station: gwrmm991a

Close up showing the inspection pit located in the centre of the tracks at the end of the down platform

Close up of image 'gwrmm991' showing the inspection pit located in the centre of the tracks at the end of the down platform. Its not known as to why this facility was provided as few other stations required an inspection pit to be provided. One possibility might be related to it being a relic of the early years of railways when the small firebox and ashpan required them to be cleaned after a given distance. The only such known example to the author is that at Coventry station dating from the 1860s (see 'lnwrcov620a').

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