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Shipston-on-Stour Station - Part Two

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

Shipston-on-Stour Part One (15) Shipston-on-Stour Part Two (18) Shipston-on-Stour Shed (6)

Close up showing the goods shed and the loading dock used to transfer road vehicles on to flat wagons protected by the five-bar gate
Ref: gwrss536a - P Hopkins
Close up showing the goods shed and the loading dock used to transfer road vehicles on to flat wagons protected by the five-bar gate		 Looking towards the station with the cattle dock on the left and the goods shed beyond protected by a standard GWR loading gauge
Ref: gwrss538 - Anon
Looking towards the station with the cattle dock on the left and the goods shed beyond protected by a standard GWR loading gauge		 Close up showing how the GWR used tarpaulins to provide protection to goods carried by the ubiquitous open wagon
Ref: gwrss538a - Anon
Close up showing how the GWR used tarpaulins to provide protection to goods carried by the ubiquitous open wagon

A 1930s view of the station looking towards the buffer stops with the single platform terminus on the left and the goods shed on the right
Ref: gwrss535 - P Hopkins
A 1930s view of the station looking towards the buffer stops with the single platform terminus on the left and the goods shed on the right		 View of the goods shed and extra storage facilities provided by the addition of two grounded bodies which have been raised clear of the ground
Ref: gwrss541 - JH Russell
View of the goods shed and extra storage facilities provided by the addition of two grounded bodies which have been raised clear of the ground		 View of the grounded bodies which were from an ex-Taff Vale Railway inside frame Van and an ex-GWR Dean 40 foot passenger bogie brake van
Ref: gwrss542 - JH Russell
View of the grounded bodies which were from an ex-Taff Vale Railway inside frame Van and an ex-GWR Dean 40 foot passenger bogie brake van

Looking across to the cattle pens from the end of the platform with the goods shed on the left and the original engine shed in the background
Ref: gwrss950 - MJE Deane
Looking across to the cattle pens from the end of the platform with the goods shed on the left and the original engine shed in the background		 View of the station and goods yard with the track over grown taken one year after being brought into British Railways ownership
Ref: gwrss569 - JH Moss/RS Carpenter
View of the station and goods yard with the track over grown taken one year after being brought into British Railways ownership		 Looking towards the throat of the junction with the goods yard with the plate layers mess hut on the right with the roof of the single road engine shed seen above
Ref: gwrss571 - CR Clinker
Looking towards the throat of the junction with the goods yard with the plate layers mess hut on the right with the roof of the single road engine shed seen above

View of the goods shed which being built of corrugated iron looks more utilitarian than the standard GWR design built out of brick or stone
Ref: gwrss568 - Unknown
View of the goods shed which being built of corrugated iron looks more utilitarian than the standard GWR design built out of brick or stone		 View of the GWR weigh house looking from the road with the goods shed in the distance and the locomotive shed further behind
Ref: gwrss543 - MJ Deane
View of the GWR weigh house looking from the road with the goods shed in the distance and the locomotive shed further behind		 View of the 'Stop board' which controlled the passage of trains and engines entering the confines of the station
Ref: gwrss961 - HF Wheeler
View of the 'Stop board' which controlled the passage of trains and engines entering the confines of the station

View of the ground frame with the single point lever that controlled the locomotive release points at the southern end of the station
Ref: gwrss607 - JH Moss/RS Carpenter
View of the ground frame with the single point lever that controlled the locomotive release points at the southern end of the station		 A turn of the century view of Station Road and the terrace houses that lined the street with Shipston-on-Stour station in the distance
Ref: gwrss561 - Unknown
A turn of the century view of Station Road and the terrace houses that lined the street with Shipston-on-Stour station in the distance		 Ex-GWR 0-6-0 'Dean Goods' No 2458 is seen in July 1953 at the head of the short return branch freight to Moreton-in-Marsh
Ref: gwrss602 - NE Preedy
Ex-GWR 0-6-0 'Dean Goods' No 2458 is seen in July 1953 at the head of the short return branch freight to Moreton-in-Marsh

Ex-MSWJR 0-6-0 No 1335 has run around the SLS special from Oxford and is now ready to reverse the train back to Morton-in-Marsh tender first
Ref: gwrss566 - Unknown
Ex-MSWJR 0-6-0 No 1335 has run around the SLS special from Oxford and is now ready to reverse the train back to Morton-in-Marsh tender first		 View of an unidentified GWR 0-6-0 2301 class as it shunts in the station station just after the end of the Second World War
Ref: gwrss960 - JH Russell
View of an unidentified GWR 0-6-0 2301 class as it shunts in the station station just after the end of the Second World War		 View of the station, the goods shed, cattle dock and coal merchant sidings located at Shipston-on-Stour
Ref: gwrss1002 - MEJ Deane
View of the station, the goods shed, cattle dock and coal merchant sidings located at Shipston-on-Stour

Layout of the station
Ref: gwrss605 - OS Maps
Layout of the station