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London North Western Railway:

Midland Railway:

Stratford Midland Junction Railway

The Shakespeare Route

LMS Route: Evesham to Birmingham

Harvington Station: mrhv570

MR 1P 2-4-0 No 165 is seen entering the station with a reasonably heavy train with passengers ready to embark

MR 1P 2-4-0 No 165 is seen entering the station with a reasonably heavy train with passengers ready to embark. The station master is aided by a porter reflecting the higher manning levels of rural stations compared with today. The ladies luggage seems to comprise primarily of flower baskets. The signals are lower quadrant meaning that the signal arm falls below the horizontal rather than the type mostly seen today which has the arm raised above the horizontal.