GWR Route: Hatton to Bearley and Alcester Branch

Bearley Station: gwrb772a

Close up of image 'gwrb772' showing the goods wagons being shunted forward into the goods yard by the 0-4-2T locomotive. The guard or shunter is standing on the Brake Van calling forward the driver in order to place what is thought to be a horse box into the siding. Behind the engine is a covered goods van (MINK), one of the ubiquitous ‘Iron Minks’, which were popular for the transport of flour because their iron construction protected the contents against rodents (On the Alcester Branch there were a couple of large mills). The brake van (TOAD) is probably the Branch 16 ton Brake Van No35860 (diagram AA3) built c1900.

Robert Ferris

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