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GWR Routes: Banbury to Wolverhampton

GWR Routes: North Warwickshire Line

Moor Street Station: gwrms758b

A closeup of the view down the cartway between the goods sidings adjacent to the topside goods shed at Moor Street

A closeup of the view down the cartway between the goods sidings adjacent to the topside goods shed at Moor Street. In the background construction work is being undertaken on the steelwork for one of the wagon lifts to lower shed B. A one horse Birmingham pattern trolley laden high with sacks is heading for the exit. There were strict rules for cartage drivers to ensure horses remained healthy. One stated ‘Watering the Company’s horses at public watering troughs is forbidden. Drivers making long journeys are supplied with buckets, into which water must be drawn from a tap or hydrant. Horses must not be watered if in a heated condition.’ On this trolley a bucket can be seen hanging below the drivers seat.

In the yard empty wicker baskets can be seen stacked on the ground and also piled into several open wagons in the siding on the left. Wicker baskets were frequently used to protect merchandise during transit and empty baskets would be returned to suppliers for reuse. The wooden ventilated van No. 82054 in the foreground is one of a 100 ten ton covered wagons built to diagram V12 as Lot L545 in 1907. These wagons were all sixteen feet long with a nine foot wheelbase and were seven feet, six and half inches high. Although subsequent covered wagons were built to several different diagram numbers, these remained the standard dimensions until 1926. All of this batch of wagons originally had twin shuttered louvers on each end for controlling the ventilation within the wagon, but these were later removed. This particular wagon was fitted with a vacuum brake as evidenced by the brake pipe and was therefore termed a Mink A.

Robert Ferris

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