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London North Western
Railway:
Midland
Railway:
Stratford
Midland Junction Railway
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LMS Route: Rugby to Wolverhampton
Brandon and Wolston: lnwrbw536a
Close up of image 'lnwrbw536' showing the Coventry end of
Brandon & Wolston station's up platform and the mandatory row of fire
buckets. On the left a buffer stop can just been seen which was located at the
end of the siding which ran from the station back to and through the goods shed
as seen in image 'lnwrbw2826'. The ladder would
have been used by station staff to light and extinguish the oil lamps which lit
the station at night. Normally the job of the most junior member of staff whose
duties included filling up the reservoir, trimming the wicks and lighting and
extinguishing all lamps on both platforms. The oil lamps used on signals were
maintained on a similar basis by someone from the signalling department
allocated to several sections (blocks) along the line.
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