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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. 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 Companys
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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