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Duddeston Road

LMS Route: Nuneaton to Birmingham New Street
LMS Route: Birmingham New Street to Tamworth

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Duddeston Road Junction signal box being dwarfed by Saltley Gas Works as seen on Sunday 25th April 1954
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Duddeston Road Junction signal box being dwarfed by Saltley Gas Works as seen on Sunday 25th April 1954		 An unidentified ex-LMS 3F 0-6-0 'Large Goods' locomotive passes the second Duddeston Road Junction signal box
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An unidentified ex-LMS 3F 0-6-0 'Large Goods' locomotive passes the second Duddeston Road Junction signal box		 View of Duddeston Road Junction's third and last signal box being erected to open on 2nd October 1955
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View of Duddeston Road Junction's third and last signal box being erected to open on 2nd October 1955		 Duddeston Road Signal Box on 3rd August 1969, three weeks prior to its closure on 24th of the same month
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Duddeston Road Signal Box on 3rd August 1969, three weeks prior to its closure on 24th of the same month

Track replacement is being carried out on the junction adjacent to Duddeston Road signal box
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Track replacement is being carried out on the junction adjacent to Duddeston Road signal box		 Interior view of Duddeston Road's 1955 signal box showing the box's basic frame prior to the levers being fitted
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Interior view of Duddeston Road's 1955 signal box showing the box's basic frame prior to the levers being fitted		 An unidentified ex-LMS 4F 0-6-0 goods locomotive is seen approaching Duddeston Road Junction signal box
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An unidentified ex-LMS 4F 0-6-0 goods locomotive is seen approaching Duddeston Road Junction signal box		 Close up showing the single entry and departure line to Saltley Shed which fanned out to provide reception roads
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Close up showing the single entry and departure line to Saltley Shed which fanned out to provide reception roads

Close up showing to the right of the locomotive some of the sidings at Lawley Street Goods Station
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Close up showing to the right of the locomotive some of the sidings at Lawley Street Goods Station		 Ex-LMS 4F 0-6-0 No 44434 heads a Class K stopping freight service on the down Camp Hill line on Sunday 30th November 1952
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Ex-LMS 4F 0-6-0 No 44434 heads a Class K stopping freight service on the down line on 30th November 1952		 Ex-LMS 8F 2-8-0 No 48101 is working hard as it is banked up on a Class 5 fast freight on Saturday 28th July 1962
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Ex-LMS 8F 2-8-0 No 48101 is working hard as it is banked up on a Class 5 fast freight on Saturday 28th July 1962		 Ex-LMS 5MT 4-6-0 No 44828 approaches Duddeston Road signal box with an Ordinary train for New Street station
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Ex-LMS 5MT 4-6-0 No 44828 approaches Duddeston Road signal box with an Ordinary train for New Street station

Close up showing Saltley Gas Works' extensive sidings of which lay alongside former Midland Railway main line
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Close up showing Saltley Gas Works' extensive sidings of which lay alongside former Midland Railway main line		 Ex-LMS 5MT 4-6-0 No 45059 passes Duddeston Road signal box on a down express train for New Street station
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Ex-LMS 5MT 4-6-0 No 45059 passes Duddeston Road signal box on a down express train for New Street station