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LMS Route: Birmingham New Street to Tamworth

Tamworth High Level Station: mrthl1835

Looking north towards Derby from the end of the High Level up platform with a MR water column and signal in the foreground

Looking north towards Derby from the end of the High Level up platform with a MR water crane and signal in the foreground. The lamppost on the left would have been gas lit although as it appears to be without a glass it looks no longer in use. To its right is a 'fire-devil' or brazier which would have been moved closer to the water crane during winter in order to prevent the crane from freezing up. A chain tethers the water crane to prevent it from rotating in the wind and obstructing the main line. The cast-iron Midland Railway notice behind the brazier would be warning passengers not to cross the line to the other platform and stating the various penalties for doing so. The two rakes of vehicles on the left are stabled in the two sidings which ran behind the station the nearest one leading on to a turntable. The connecting line between the two routes, which ran between the LNWR's up line and the MR's up line, was located out of view behind these two sidings.

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