GWR Route: Alcester to Hatton Junction

Claverdon Station: gwrc872

An early picture of Claverdon Station after the track modifications and construction of the loading wharf in 1885, but before the platform signal box was built in 1891. The station building is also in its original condition with only two chimney stacks. A variety of wagons populate the siding by the loading wharf, including two GWR open wagons. The positioning of the ownership and load limit lettering on the left of these wagons indicate that they were built prior to the mid 1880s, when standard practice was changed to paint the wagon number on the left and the ownership on the right (from 1899 to 1903 cast plates became the standard for this information).

Robert Ferris

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