GWR Route: Banbury to Wolverhampton

Warwick Station: gwrw384a

Close up of image 'gwrw384' showing Cape Yard sidings which has several coal stacks in view adjacent to the yard's advertising hoarding circa 1947. The crane was fixed in position and was used for off-loading palleted items, container vans, timber etc. The 1925 map shows five sidings in use whereas this photograph indicates that by 1947 a sixth siding was laid at the very far end and running the other side of the raised platform. Access from the mainline was via the loop line to the left of the coal staithes. This loop line was in effect an extension of the track which ran from the down platform bay used to stable the Hatton Banker as seen in images 'gwrw376' and 'gwrw938'.