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London North Western
Railway:
Midland
Railway:
Stratford
Midland Junction Railway
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LMS Route: The Shakespeare Route
Clifford Sidings: smjc229
Ex-LMS 4F 0-6-0 No 44061 exchanges the token with the
signalman from Clifford Sidings Signal Box. The signal box is controlling both
access to Clifford Sidings which can be seen on the left, but also the loop
line which ran into Stratford upon Avon's down platform. As can be seen access
to the two sidings is by trailing turnouts from both the down loop line and the
up main running line. In order to accommodate a train travelling from the Fenny
Compton direction, the train would continue pass the sidings coming to a stop
with its guards van stopping just pass the signal and turnout on the down loop
line. It would then, once given the right of way, reverse back into the siding
to the left of the ground signal disc. This convoluted manoeuvre was necessary
as the point blades of turnouts could be split by the wheel of a train passing
at speed.
Photograph courtesy of RC Riley
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