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GWR Route: Bearley to Alcester
Alcester Station - GWR Views: gwr-mra472
Looking from the junction of the Midland Railway's Evesham
to Birmingham line showing the head shunt on the right used by GWR locomotives
to access the engine shed. The head shunt was not protected by a buffer stop
just a pile of earth indicating the branch line's low status. The piece of
equipment covering the left hand rail is thought to be a semi-permanent safety
feature to prevent locomotives from passing beyond the signal. The Midland
Railway short signal post on the left replaced the very tall post that was
first erected when the line first opened (see image 'gwr-mra137'). It was decommissioned when the line was
taken out of use during the First World War.
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