LMS Route: Rugby to Wolverhampton
LMS Route: Nuneaton to Leamington

Coventry Station: lnwr620a

This close up of image "lnwr620" shows a number of interesting features. The platform was extremely narrow in width with bench seating placed against the rear wall. There is also evidence that it was common practice at Coventry for locomotives to have their fires raked and the ash removed as can seen by the pit and ash pile at the end of the up platform. This is a little surprising as the locomotives had only travelled a maximum of 20 miles from Birmingham and much less on the branch line from Nuneaton.

The water column appears to be a similar pattern to the L & B column on the down platform and therefor it may well be the original up L & B column moved to this location soon after rebuilding.

Note too the apparently new signal post on the extreme right of the photograph which has a ladder to gain access to the arm. On the left of the photograph attached to the corner column are two signal arms also accessed by ladder.

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