Alcester Station (MR) - GWR facilities and branchline visitors

GWR Route: Alcester to Bearley

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Ref: gwr-mra453 Anon GWR ‘517’ class, 0-4-2T No.203, with a non-corridor, bogie brake coach and a four wheel passenger brake van

Ref: gwr-mra467 Anon GWR ‘517’ class 0-4-2T No.1157 with auto trailer No.76 waits to depart from Alcester for Bearley

Ref: gwr-mra468 Anon GWR Collett 48xx class 0-4-2T No 4814 with 70’ diagram A29 auto trailer No 216 stands in Alcester down platform

Ref: gwr-mra465 Anon An unidentified Great Western ‘517’ class 0-4-2T propels a auto trailer from Bearley into Alcester Station

Ref: gwr-mra133a Anon Close up showing the branches' GWR Auto Trailer standing in the throat of the station's goods yard

Ref: gwr-mra466 Anon GWR Brake Van No. 35860 (diagram AA3) seen on the Alcester Branch for use on the mixed trains

Ref: gwr-mra473 Anon The Midland Railway Home Signal located opposite the end of the engine shed head shunt

Ref: gwr-mra476 Anon The Alcester Branch viewed from the Alcester Rd Bridge looking towards Alcester Junction

Ref: gwr-mra137 RK Cope/RS Carpenter Post World War One view of the junction with the MR's Evesham to Birmingham line showing the lifted track

Ref: gwr-mra137a RK Cope/RS Carpenter Close up of the MR Signal Box sited opposite the branch and the truncated track at the start of the branch

Ref: gwr-mra472 Anon Looking from the junction of the MR's line showing the head shunt on the right used by GWR locomotives

Ref: gwr-mra461 Anon View taken during the closure period showing the branch track bed and Alcester Road bridge