GWR Route: Banbury to Wolverhampton

Warwick Station: gwrw370

Close up of image 'gwrw370' showing the length of the mixed freight train which been set back to allow faster traffic to pass. During the Second World War it was not unusual for trains to be kept in sidings for several shifts with crews arriving to take over the locomotive and not moving at all during the shift such was the weight of traffic.

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