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GWR Route: Moreton-in-Marsh to Shipston-on-Stour
Moreton-in-Marsh Station: gwrmm991a
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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