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Coventry Station: lnwrcov600a

Close up showing further examples of parcels traffic which were dispatched from the station by  passenger train

Close up of image 'lnwrcov600' showing further examples of parcels traffic which were dispatched from the station by passenger train. Whereas most people would consider parcel traffic to be moving boxes, for nearly 150 years on the railways it could include any item that could be transported in a vehicle passed fit for being attached to a passenger train. This could be vacuum fitted Vent vans (as seen image 'lnwrcov610a') or 50 foot brake vehicles (as seen in image 'lnwrcov599') or even placed in the guards compartment on passenger services. The motor tricycle, seen above and built by a Coventry company for the use by disabled people, being an extreme but typical example of how broad the term parcel traffic could be. As stated previously, the 1838 station had no parcel facilities much to the annoyance of local businessmen and merchants who were therefore compelled to go to Birmingham to collect their goods. This did not change until the second station was built a couple of years later.

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