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GWR Route: Banbury to Wolverhampton
GWR Route: North Warwickshire Line
Tyseley Shed: gwrt3212
By 1903, plans had been made for the quadrupling of the
track south of Birmingham. Sixty acres of land had been purchased at Tyseley
(known as Proof House, Small Heath) for £22,000. This would allow the
construction of a new Engine Shed and Carriage Sidings as a replacement for
those at Bordesley which were needed to be demolished to make room for the new
track. Correspondence regarding the layout of the new facilities showed that
the plans for these were also well advanced. The attached letter identifies
that the initial arrangement of the Carriage Shed and Sidings which would
accommodate more than about 250 carriages, of which 150 to 200 carriages would
be in the shed. The letter suggests that installing a proportion of dead-end
sidings instead of through sidings would save some costs.
Robert Ferris
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