GWR Routes Banbury to Wolverhampton Moreton-in-Marsh to Shipston-on-Stour Hatton to Bearley and Alcester Branch North Warwickshire Line

GWR Route: Banbury to Wolverhampton GWR Route: North Warwickshire Line Hockley Station: gwrhd3892 An official photograph of the Hockley Goods Outwards and Transfer Shed taken prior to the reconstruction work which started in 1938. On the right is the Power Station and Pump Turbine Hall where water was pumped from an artisan well to supply all the water requirements of the Great Western Railway between Hockley and Tyseley Locomotive Shed. Details of this private water main can be found at 'gwrhd3891'. Within the fenced area a short siding originally ran alongside the Power Station, which presumably was provided to deliver fuel directly to the Power Station, but once electric pumps had been installed this facility was no longer required and the siding can be seen truncated outside the fence in this photograph. Robert Ferris back