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London North Western
Railway:
Midland
Railway:
Stratford
Midland Junction Railway
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LMS Route: Grand Junction Railway LMS Route: Birmingham
New Street to Lichfield LMS Route: Birmingham-Soho-Perry
Barr-Birmingham
Aston Shed: lnwra1492a
Close up of image 'lnwra1492' showing the overbridge
carrying Long Acre over the line to Stechford and Hardman's sidings. The timber
bodied open wagon is standing on Hardman's headshunt used by locomotives when
shunting wagons between the two sidings seen on the left in the bottom portion
of the photograph. Seen to the left of the steel bodied open wagons on the main
line is a Permanent Way hut used by the platelayers gang who maintained the
stretch of track between Aston and Stechford. Beyond the initial throat to
Aston shed which was the responsibility of Aston No 1 signal cabin, all of the
points for the shed's sidings and roads were controlled by hand operated
levers, an example of which can be seen on the right in the foreground. Seen in
the centre foreground and in reverse is a 20 miles per hour speed restriction
sign.
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