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London North Western
Railway:
Midland
Railway:
Stratford
Midland Junction Railway
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LMS Route: Rugby to Leamington Spa (Avenue)
Marton Station: lnwrmart1330a
Close up of image 'lnwrmart1330' showing the signal box
located at the Rugby end of the down platform and in the distance the signal
gantry controlling access to the station and yard. Access to the goods yard was
available at both ends of the station. However as standard railway practice
dictated that access needed to be via trailing points this meant that any train
needed to reverse in to the yard. Traffic from Leamington would normally run
past the signal gantry in the distance and then reverse back into the yard thus
providing access to most of the sidings. There was a crossover facility from
the down line to the up line at this location so traffic from Rugby could run
past the crossover towards the station and then reverse on to the up line to
gain access.
The pointwork seen in the foreground was used to access the
short siding that ran in to the shed from this side - a Van is seen in the
above image standing on the siding immediately before the goods shed. This
siding also provided access to a cattle pen that was located behind the fence
seen on the left. Traffic from Leamington wishing to enter this siding needed
to pass the single slip located on the up line as seen above and then reverse
on to the down line and after the points had been set for the yard draw forward
in to the yard. As can be seen this siding was fitted with a trap to avoid
runaways fouling the main line. A little further towards Rugby, some 700 yards
distance, were the siding for Nelsons Cement Depot which comprised two sidings
with a warehouse sited between the two lines (see image of 'layout'. A pair of cottages for Nelson's
employees were also in sited at the sidings.
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