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GWR Route: Banbury to Wolverhampton

Widney Manor Station: gwrwm430a

Close up showing the contractors at work including the Ruston Bucyrus crane being used to dig the earth and the temporary track

Close up of image "gwrwm430" showing the contractors at work including the Ruston Bucyrus crane being used to dig the earth and the temporary track and contractors wagons to move the spoil. The term 'permanent way' on railways was derived from the need to differentiate between railway builders' temporary track an extreme illustration of which is evident in this photograph. On the left a screen has been erected and there is a small train of six side tipping hopper wagons filled with spoil and hauled by a small petrol or diesel locomotive at the far end. In the distance near the crane there two other similar trains of hoppers.

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