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GWR Route: Banbury to Wolverhampton
Warwick Station: gwrw938
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Looking towards Birmingham along the down platform with the
Hatton banker's bay on the left. The electric lighting on concrete lampposts
was installed by British Railways. Beyond the end of this down platform can be
seen a line running parallel to the down main line which led to Cape Yard sited
to the left and in front of Cape Road bridge seen in the distance. This line
continued past Cape Road bridge (where a van can be seen standing) and
proceeded on to the gas works private siding as seen in image 'gwrw396a'. On the right is the trailing connection to
the up main line from the up goods loop, which could hold 68 wagons plus an
engine and brake van. This loop also continued past Cape Road bridge. It was
converted from the up refuge siding in June 1944 by the addition of a facing
connection on to the up main line at the other end. This was out of sight of
the signal box and therefore specific instructions were incorporated in to the
Service Time Table issued in April 1953:
- The facing connection of the Up Goods Loop is
electrically operated from Warwick Station Signal Box
- Telephone communication exists between the Catchpoints at
the entrance to the Loop and Warwick Signal Box
- The Guard of each train passing over the Loop must advise
the Signalman by Telephone immediately the last vehicle of the train, with tail
lamp complete, is on the Loop clear of the Catchpoints.
The heritage of the original broad gauge track resulted in a
greater distance between the two standard gauge tracks than the nominal six
foot that was normal on standard gauge lines. At Warwick this extra space was
used for the point rodding and signal wires.
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