Alcester Station (MR) - GWR facilities and branchline visitors

GWR Route: Alcester to Bearley

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Ref: mra453 Anon GWR ‘517’ class, 0-4-2T No.203, with a non-corridor, bogie brake coach and a four wheel passenger brake van

Ref: mra467 Anon GWR ‘517’ class 0-4-2T No.1157 with auto trailer No.76 waiting to depart from the platform at Alcester for Bearley

Ref: mra468 Anon GWR Collett 48xx class 0-4-2T No 4814 with 70’ diagram A29 auto trailer No 216 stands in Alcester down platform

Ref: gwra465 Anon An unidentified Great Western ‘517’ class 0-4-2T propels a auto trailer from Bearley into Alcester Station

Ref: gwra133a Anon Close up showing a GWR Auto Trailer standing in the throat of the station's goods yard

Ref: gwra466 Anon GWR Brake Van No. 35860 (diagram AA3) seen on the Alcester Branch for use on the mixed trains

Ref: mra474 Anon The GWR Bearley Branch curving off the MR line to Redditch behind the engine shed

Ref: mra473 Anon The Midland Railway Home Signal located opposite the end of the engine shed head shunt

Ref: gwra476 Anon The Alcester Branch viewed from the Alcester Rd Bridge looking towards Alcester Junction

Ref: gwra137 RK Cope/RS Carpenter Post World War One view of the junction with the Midland Railway's Evesham to Birmingham line showing the lifted track

Ref: gwra137a RK Cope/RS Carpenter Close up showing the Midland Signal Box sited opposite the Bearley branch and the truncated track at the start of the branch

Ref: gwra472 Anon Looking from the junction of the Midland Railway's Evesham to Birmingham line showing the head shunt on the right used by GWR locomotives

Ref: gwra461 Anon View taken during the closure period showing the branch track bed and Alcester Road bridge