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London North Western
Railway:
Midland
Railway:
Stratford
Midland Junction Railway
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LMS Route: Rugby to Leamington Spa (Avenue)
Birdingbury Station: lnwrbird3967
An unidentified ex-LNWR 2-4-2T locomotive, in 'Push-Pull'
mode, is propelling a two-coach train to Rugby whilst pulling a four-wheeled
van behind its bunker. Two passengers arc about to join this train, one
apparently carrying a coal scuttle. The station building is uniquely different
from its fellow branch stations. The platforms are illuminated by oil lamps,
and have well attended gardens and pots on the up platform. The boarded
porter's crossing running between the two platforms in the centre of the
station were for railway staff only, the step down being sufficiently difficult
for most but the most able passenger. This saved the porters the longer route,
compelled on passengers, which was to walk to the Rugby end of the platforms
and cross by a wider boarded crossing.
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