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London North Western
Railway:
Midland
Railway:
Stratford
Midland Junction Railway
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LMS Route: Birmingham New Street to Tamworth
Tamworth High Level Station: mrthl1831
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Looking northwards along the High Level up platform with the
short siding on the left serving the cattle dock. The bench seat seen drawn
across the platform was a rudimentary barrier to prevent passengers from going
beyond this point. This cattle dock was served by a long drive best seen in the
aerial view of the station (see image 'mrthl1112').
On the left is what appears to be the original 'covered walkway' as seen in
image 'lnwr_tam1255' and earlier views. The most
obvious difference being the windows which are arched in this view but not in a
later view in image 'mrthl1829'. The colour of the
structure, and on the other timber structures of the platform, plus the lack of
British Railway's corporate signage would date this photograph as being before
1954 and probably a little earlier. The unidentified ex-LMS 8F 2-8-0 locomotive
is on a southbound Class 8 through or empty mineral train. The Signal Box was
opened by the LMS on 8th August 1925 and remained operational until 10th August
1969.
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