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LMS Route: Birmingham New Street to Nuneaton

Nuneaton Abbey Street Station: mrna49b

Close up of the Birmingham end of Abbey Street station's down platform showing the short cattle dock siding

Close up of image 'mrna49' showing the Birmingham end of Abbey Street station's down platform showing the short cattle dock siding. The cattle would be loaded via the pens seen to the right of the cattle wagons, having been driven down from the main road. The gas lights typical Midland pattern lamps as isis thethe station name board. The water crane has its bag anchored by the chain and wire rope to prevent the arm from swinging and fouling the main line. It was also used by enginemen to pull the bag across the line into the tender's hole. A small brazier, which would be lit during freezing weather, can be seen at the foot of the column. A section of the 1914 Ordnance Survey shows that to the right of the siding seen above was another short siding with a locomotive turntable positioned half-way along.

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