LMS Route: Rugby to Wolverhampton
Beechwood Tunnel: lnwrbeech3016
Drawing showing workmen completing the final trimming to the
cutting in front of Beechwood Tunnel and beneath Nailcote Lane circa 1837.
Whilst the wagon is clearly a contractors vehicle it would appear that the
trackwork is permanent not temporary. The rails employed at this time were
short as seen above connected by some early form of fish plate.
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