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LMS Route: Birmingham West Suburban Railway

Birmingham Central Goods Station: mrcgy129a

Close up showing the variety of goods being off-loaded from railway wagons for onward distribution

Close up of image 'mrcgy129' showing the variety of goods being off-loaded from railway wagons for onward distribution. Suffolf Street was located on the right of this photograph whilst Severn Street was located behind the photographer. This view helps to demonstrate just how essential cheap manpower was to the railway economy. Goods would be double, triple or even quadruple-handled from the point of dispatch to receipt by the customer. However some of the practices adopted would be considered environmental friendly today such as the practice of using minimal packaging and where appropriate it would frequently be recycled such as the use of the sacks seen above.

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