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GWR Route: Banbury to Wolverhampton
Hatton Station: gwrhj1932
Ex-GWR 2-8-0 No 3515 proceeds past Hatton West signal box
with a fitted freight train for Stratford on Avon in 1950. Built by Swindon
works to Lot 328 in March 1940 No 3515 remained in service until July 1965 when
it was withdrawn from 6C Birkenhead shed. The single line to Stratford on Avon
started at this junction until the line was doubled in 1939. The bracket signal
on the left is controlling, from left to right, the 55 wagon loop siding opened
in 1901, the north junction line opened on 23rd July 1897 and the original
branch line to Hatton opened in 1860. The gradient from Stratford on Avon was
more severe than on the main line requiring heavy trains to be assisted by
banker. The bankers would ease off at this point so that they could use the
above crossover to return tender first to Stratford on Avon.
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