GWR Route: Moreton-in-Marsh to Shipston-on-Stour

Moreton-in-Marsh Station: gwrmm995

Two empty Milk tank wagons standing in the siding of Moreton-in-Marsh's Creamery ready to be loaded. Jenkins and Carpenter state in their book 'The Shipston-on-Stour Branch' that 'empty milk tank wagons were conveyed to Moreton in goods trains and put on the line behind the branch platform. From here they were gravitated down the slight gradient and positioned alongside the diary for loading, after which they were gravitated to the spur beyond to wait collection. The loaded wagons were dispatched to London at the rear of up passenger trains which, after calling at the platform (with passengers on board) were backed in to the spur to collect them'.

back