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London North Western
Railway:
Midland
Railway:
Stratford
Midland Junction Railway
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Birmingham New Street - Southern Approaches:
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Close up of image 'lnwrbhm_sthn_app2314' showing the bridge
carrying the former New Street to Vauxhall line over the slow lines into and
out of Curzon Street Goods yard. The complexity of the trackwork is quite
apparent when counting the number of signals. On the left is a bracket signal
controlling traffic travelling towards the photographer. It has three arms, one
of which is much smaller than the other two denoting its use for accessing
sidings, a less important role than the others. Immediately in front of this
bracket signal is a post with a single arm controlling traffic travelling away
from the photographer. To the right of these signals and in the centre of the
picture are two other posts carrying signals. One has two arms and controls
traffic travelling towards the camera whilst the other post controls traffic
travelling away from the camera. This latter post has one arm on the top and
might have a smaller repeater arm at the base of the post. On the right
of the tracks is a bracket signal which projects outwards two arms, one above
the other, controlling traffic travelling towards the camera. Clearly the
reason for much of this complexity is due to the location of Curzon Street
Goods Station and the difficulty of accessing the yard. Richard Foster in his
series of books entitled Birmingham New Street - The Story of a Great
Station including Curzon Street, recounts the different procedures the
LNWR, later the LMS and British Railways, adopted to minimise disruption to
main line traffic whilst maximising the efficiency of the yard. For a view of
Curzon Street GoodsStation taken from the viaduct see image 'lnwrcs2316'.
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