GWR Route: Banbury to Wolverhampton

Warwick Station: gwrw395a

Close up of 'gwrw395' showing a GWR horse box stabled on one of the two sidings located adjacent to the bridge over Coventry Road. The double slip, which was installed in 1895 to replace a wagon turntable, was operated manually by the two levers seen just beyond the ground signal. The loading gauge - seen on the right - was required to check that any loads, such as horse drawn vehicles or other large goods, placed on an open wagon could be moved by rail without fouling lineside structures.

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