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London North Western
Railway:
Midland
Railway:
Stratford
Midland Junction Railway
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LMS Route: Evesham to Birmingham
Barnt Green: mrbg619
Looking northwest towards Birmingham with the Evesham branch
entering from the right, the fast lines in the middle and the two slow or goods
lines on either side circa 1949. Bob Essery in his book states that 'enginemen
at Saltley referred to them as north and west roads when describing the routes
they travelled from Birmingham. The Evesham branch was often described as "down
the ditch", derived from the name Redditch'. The Evesham branch had a facing
connection for down trains from the main line. The repeater signal on the post
on the left was sited to ensure enginemen had full visibility at all times
unobstructed by the overbridge. The revised junction caused by the quadrupling
of the lines towards Birmingham has seen the removal of the wires fixed to the
down main platform referred to in image 'mrbg614a'
and 'mrbg614'.
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