GWR Route: Banbury to Wolverhampton

Warwick Station: gwrw390b

Close up of image 'gwrw390' showing the ex-GWR horse box with groom's compartment at one end and a hay store at the other end. The horsebox has been stabled in the bay used by the banking engines. The lamp fitted on the bufferbeam has a red lens and its position indicates that its a deliberate stop (a group 9 lamp code indicates it for 'freight, mineral or ballast train stopping at intermediate stations'). The horsebox was probably used to transport a racehorse to the nearby Warwick Racecourse. The bay was often used by the banking engines waiting to assist trains up Hatton Bank.

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