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LMS Route: Birmingham West Suburban Railway

Central Goods Yard: mrcgy915a

Close up showing the method of transporting timber planking utilising standard open railway wagons

Close up of image 'mrcgy915' showing the method of transporting timber planking utilising standard open railway wagons. The timbers were placed so that they rested on one of the wagon ends with all wagons configured so that the timber planking faced the same direction. Therefore the overhang could be accommodated provided the height and width were within the loading gauge. At the end of a rake of such wagons a 'runner' would be inserted to accommodate the overhang. This could be a single bolster wagon which during the Victorian era would have been fitted with dumb buffers. See image 'mrcgy924b' for such an example.

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