LMS Route: Evesham to Birmingham
Kings Norton Station: mrkn800
View of Kings Norton signal box with the snow having been
cleared from the point rodding under the track. This photograph shows the
amount of work required to keep the railways moving when snow fell. Not only
has the snow been cleared where rodding or wires travel underneath the running
rails but each point has had to have the snow removed at the start of each
turnout. The use of electric heaters which heated the rail to melt the snow did
help to reduce the manpower required but it was still a major task to undertake
each winter.
back
|