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Building the last Main Line Railway

Contractor's Builders Yards & Locomotives: gcrcs152

LNER stations and trains

Thought to have been taken from a spoil tip near Flecknoe, Warwickshire, these are some of the huts that were erected by Thomas Oliver & Son to house the navvies at work on Contract No.4 of the Last Main Line (Rugby to Woodford). Located right along the route and homes to thousands of navvies and their families, these unique temporary communities are a forgotten part of the railway's construction.

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