GWR Route: The North Warwickshire Line

GWR Route: Stratford on Avon to Hatton

Stratford on Avon Shed: gwrsa1446a

Close up of image 'gwrsa1446' showing the coaling station with its drawbridge type door which was lowered horizontally to allow the coal tubs to run out over the tender or bunker. The drawbridge type door was fixed to a section of the coaling station that projected approximately three feet over the track below which, with the door lowered, ensured that the coal would fall into the centre of the tender or bunker. The windows on each of the sides allowed staff to check for incoming or departing locomotives. The electric light by the drawbridge door was a later addition to facilitate coaling at night and supplemented the original lamp seen on the corner to the right.

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