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GWR Route: Banbury to Wolverhampton

Widney Manor Station: gwrwm432b

Close up of the goods shed and the signal box whilst a Permanent Way gang inspect the track

Close up of image 'gwrwm432' showing the goods shed and the signal box whilst a Permanent Way gang inspect the track. PW gangs were allocated sections of lines along a route and the ganger in charge would be required to walk the lines throughout his section on a regular basis. Following this inspection any remedial or preventative maintenance work would be undertaken in the interval between trains. One of the most common tasks was the tightening or replacement of the wooden keys that held the rail into the chairs and the tightening of the screw bolts that held the chair to the sleepers.

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