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LMS Route: Rugby to Wolverhampton

Hampton in Arden Station: lnwrhia2978

View of the down platform starter signal located at the end of the Birmingham end of the down platform beneath the road bridge on 23rd May 1955

View of the down platform starter signal located at the end of the Birmingham end of the down platform beneath the road bridge on 23rd May 1955. The bottom arm is the distant signal for Hampton Midland. The bridge, being positioned immediately at the end of the down platform, prevented the Signal & Telegraphic Department from placing the signals further down the line as would normally be the case. In such instances it wasn't unusual for a short arm signal to be positioned against the bridge abutment with a 'sighting' board pained white placed behind it. Both signals are LNWR lower quadrant in origin.

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