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London North Western
Railway:
Midland
Railway:
Stratford
Midland Junction Railway
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LMS: Birmingham New Street to Tamworth
Kingsbury Station: mrk1819b
Close up of image 'mrk1819' showing the door from the
booking office and porter's room to the up platform. The diagonal slatted fence
on the right is standard Midland Railway practice, a distinctive and expensive
feature not seen on other railways. It is constructed using pitch pine and,
according to railwaymen at other locations, was painted with a mixture of tar
and lamp oil. The dimensions of the fence are (in inches): Diagonals 3" x
¾" x 72" spaced 4½" apart. Horizontals 4" x 1½" spaced 8"
above ground level then spaced 17" apart with posts 6" x 4" to a height of 66"
pitched somewhat randomly approximately every 120".
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