GWR Route: Banbury to Wolverhampton

GWR Route: North Warwickshire Line

Birmingham Snow Hill Station: gwrbsh1167a

Close up of image 'gwrbsh1167' showing the North end of Snow Hill stations extended platforms seen on the right and the re-sited locomotive turntable. The complexity of the trackwork controlled by the North Signal box with its 224 electrically operated levers can be understood by examining this portion of the track and station layout. The new sidings were provided to the East of the station and named after the adjacent road Northwood Street Sidings. With Tyseley shed being located on the other side of the two-road Snow Hill tunnel some locomotive facilities were required at Snow Hill station. Therefore the locomotive turntable was supplemented with some other facilities within New Yard Sidings.

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