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GWR Route: The North Warwickshire Line
GWR Route: Stratford on Avon to Hatton
Stratford on Avon Shed: gwrsa1448
View of the East end of Stratford on Avon shed's combined
coal stage and water tank in September 1956. Coal for the locomotives was
carried in the GWR's own departmental wagons with 'loco coal' painted on their
sides and shunted up the ramp to the upper level to be positioned alongside the
coaling station. The height of the embankment was designed to allow staff to
shovel the coal direct from the floor of the 'loco coal' wagons into the small
tubs that ran at 90° to the wagon track, through the coaling station, and
then on to the 'draw bridge' type door which carried rails and upturned at the
end to allow the tubs to be tilted upwards and emptied into the bunker or
tender.
Robert Ferris
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