LMS Route: Evesham to Birmingham

Alcester Station: mra137

Post World War One view of the junction with the Midland Railway's Evesham to Birmingham line showing the lifted track. During World War One, or the Great War as it was called up to the outbreak of the Second World War, lines with low usage often had their rail lifted for use at the "Front" in France where hundreds of miles of track (and engines and rolling stock) were employed to move the munitions and men required. The signals controlling the MR line can be seen behind the hedgerow in the distance whilst the signal box adjacent to the goods yard is on the extreme left. 21st September 1920

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