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GWR Route: Banbury to Wolverhampton
Warwick Station: gwrw2199
A busy scene in early July 1931, showing the new wide
platform and sidings at Capes Yard, just north of Warwick. These facilities had
been specifically constructed for the Royal Agricultural Show Station and
included a six ton crane. Here prize beasts are being unloaded from trains of
special livestock wagons and loaded in road wagons for onward transportation to
the showground in Castle Park. In addition to handling the hundreds of trains
delivering livestock from all over the country and those delivering the many
new vehicles being exhibited, the Great Western Railway were pleased to have
also provided all the cartage services from Capes Yard to the showground using
their own vehicles, all of which were mechanically propelled. For more
information see the Great Western Railway
Magazine article.
Robert Ferris
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