LMS Route: Birmingham New Street to Nuneaton

Stockingford Shed: mrs403

Looking towards the front of the three-road shed with much of the fabric of the building now gone. The roof trusses were designed to accommodate the chimneys that extracted the smoke frm the shed. The pit between the rails allowed access to the underside of the locomotive for servicing that was required on every locomotive prior to its daily work.

Peter Lee in his book 'Railways of Nuneaton and Bedworth' states that at the time of the photograph the centre road was still connected to the mainline. The road on the right ran through the shed as there was a door at the rear to provide access to the tracks outside at the rear of the building.

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