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GWR Route: Stratford on Avon to Honeybourne

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A three-car Swindon built Cross Country DMU passes the junction with the SMJ on the 13:25pm Worcester Shrub Hill to Leamington Spa service on 25th May 1963

A three-car Swindon built Cross Country DMU passes the junction with the SMJ on the 13:25pm Worcester Shrub Hill to Leamington Spa service on 25th May 1963. Peter Tandy writes, 'Just visible above the rear two cars is the connection to the SMJ's Old Town station, a loading gauge on an adjacent siding and a multitude of long-gone buildings. There was, until 1960, a signalbox controlling the junction with the SMJ at this location, but this was made redundant when the new Evesham Crossing Box was commissioned. The old box was switched out for much of the time, but was brought into use on summer Saturdays to form an additional block post in order to cope with the very heavy traffic on such days. It is interesting to note that the points working the junction were still manually operated; those used for the spur from the SMJ were power operated in view of the distances involved, but even so, the SMJ junction was quite a way from the box and it must have been a heavy pull for signalman'.

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