Building the last Main Line Railway

Rugby to Barby: gcrcs98

Steam powered excavator at work in a cutting south of Clifton Road bridge, Rugby. The pile of track and sleepers in the foreground suggests these will be used to accomodate the Steam Navvy as it progresses down the route widening the cutting. The line extends into the distance, laid to transport the spoil to Barby Cattle Sidings etc.

These contractor's rails were quickly put down and intensively used: in a matter of days these same tracks would almost certainly be covered in mud and debris. Note the line of tipping wagons stationed beneath the bridge, and the other girder overbridge visible beyond.

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