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London North Western
Railway:
Midland
Railway:
Stratford
Midland Junction Railway
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LMS Route: Stratford Midland Junction - The Shakespeare
Route
Stratford on Avon Station: smjsa261a
Close up of image 'smjsa261' showing the entrance to the
former SMJ goods yard and on the right, the yard crane. The crane was fixed in
the location but could operate on a 360° arc thereby serving the lines on
either side of it. It was manually operated which would have required a great
deal of 'elbow grease' on the part of the yard labourer. According to the 1894
and 1929 editions of the Railway Clearing House Hand-book of Stations
the crane capacity was increased from 4 ton to 13 tons over these years.
Interesting to note is that the GWR's crane located in its yard near Birmingham
Road remained rated at 5 tons from 1894 to 1929, the last date the author has
information on.
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