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London North Western
Railway:
Midland
Railway:
Stratford
Midland Junction Railway
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LMS Route: Evesham to Birmingham
Redditch Station: mrred419
A 1952 view of Redditch engine shed, its enginemen's hut, the
inspection pit and the water crane. The water crane could be swung out over the
track so that the 'bag' could easily be dropped into the manhole at the rear of
a tender locomotive. The one road shed had a new roof installed in 1938 which,
as Bob Essery states, 'gives it a modern experience'. The lamppost on the left
was strategically placed to light the area for night working although the
benefit from a single bulb would have only been minimal. The pit on the right
served two purposes; it would be used as an inspection pit to allow enginemen
to get under the locomotive in order to oil and grease bearings etc; and it
would also serve as a disposal pit allowing the fireman to climb beneath the
locomotive in order to rake out the firebox using very long handled tools, some
of which can be seen lying on the ground to the right of the pit.
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