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London North Western
Railway:
Midland
Railway:
Stratford
Midland Junction Railway
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LMS Route: Birmingham New Street to Nuneaton
Nuneaton Abbey Street Station: mrna1909
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Abbey Street station looking towards Birmingham along the
down platform in the 1920s. At that time this station had three signal boxes.
One at the far end of the right hand platform, Abbey Junction box at the
Leicester end of the station beyond the road overbridge, and Abbey Street
Sidings box. This arrangement was re-arranged in the thirties when the box we
see here and the Abbey Street Sidings box was dispensed with as part of economy
measures carried out by the LMS at the time, and replaced by ground frames. The
box we see here controlled access to a turntable which was located on the left
hand side beyond the left hand platform. This table was used to turn engines
engaged on shunting operations in the goods yard but was only suitable for the
MR's small engines and was dispensed with in the 1950s. On the right of the
photograph are the extensive sheds and crushing plant of the Midland Stone
Quarry and the Coventry Canal separates the stone quarry from the railway. The
Midland Stone Quarry did not have a siding from the main line but had a small
narrow gauge railway system within the quarry itself for removal of stone. This
was either rope or horse worked.
Peter Lee
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