LMS Route: Trent Valley Line

Shilton Station: lnwr_shil2379a

Close up of image'lnwr_shil2379' showing on the left the weighbridge and some of the wagons being stabled in Shilton's short single siding. In the siding on the extreme right is a cattle truck which has been stabled adjacent to the cattle ramp. In the centre of the wagons is a coal wagon with 'Haunchwood' on its sides. Peter Lee writes 'Haunchwood (Nowells) Colliery was one of the oldest pit workings in Warwickshire, and records indicate it was producing coal in 1729. On July 7th 1925 Nowells Colliery ceased coal winding and two submersible pumps were fitted down the shafts. These were used to keep the Tunnel Pit's seams free of water. They were retained until the colliery closed on March 25th 1967.

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