GWR Route: Banbury to Wolverhampton

Rowington Junction & Troughs: gwrrj264b

Close up of image 'gwrrj264' showing the long line of crippled wagons which were stored on the branch after the cessation of services on 22nd March 1915. The branch had some of the track lifted as part of World War One economy measures, however this section of the line remained to provide storage facilities for wagons which required repairing when priorities changed from producing war materials. It was still being used as a storage facility up to and during the Second World War. Images 'gwrha2798' and 'gwrha3221' show the far end of the truncated branch line, adjacent to Finwood Road overbridge.

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