GWR Route: Banbury to Wolverhampton

GWR Route: North Warwickshire Line

Birmingham Snow Hill Station: gwrbsh1688

The three girders that formed the special stage in the process of being moved between the two main platforms at Snow Hill. The nearest supporting trestle is situated on top of packing on the central two lines and the stage has travelled across the Main Up line. The Down line had remained open for traffic during the movement of the stage over the Up line because, despite this possession taking place on a Sunday there was still significant traffic passing through Birmingham. Once the Main Up line was clear and returned to operation, possession of the Down line was taken and the stage was moved across this line to another trestle on the Down main platform. These trestles were the same ones used previously to support the long structural girders during the erection of the Parcels Area’s roof. The girders that formed the special stage were designed by the steel-work contractors Messrs. Keays, who had used them previously during work at Greenwich.

Robert Ferris

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