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London North Western
Railway:
Midland
Railway:
Stratford
Midland Junction Railway
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LMS Route: Rugby to Wolverhampton
LMS Route: Birmingham-Soho-Perry Barr-Birmingham
Soho Soap Works Junction: lnwrsswj2198
Ex-MR 3F 0-6-0 No 43340 approaches Soho Soap Works Junction
whilst working a short train heading towards Monument Lane on 9th July 1956.
The train consists of just four vehicles plus the brake van. Immediately behind
the tender appears to be a open steel wagon, a bogie wagon carrying steel
sections or rails, a five-plank open wagon carrying balks of timber sheeted
with tarpaulins and flat wagon to act as a filler between the overhanging
timbers and the brake van. On the left is the signal protecting the junction
with the right hand signal in the off position, permitting the driver to move
forward into the next block section. A block section is the name applied to a
section of track between signals. In this instance, the section of track up to
Winson Green Junction where there would be another signal protecting the
junction. The signal on the left is for the spur to Perry Barr and its in in
the 'on' or danger position.
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