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London North Western
Railway:
 Midland
Railway:
 Stratford
Midland Junction Railway
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LMS Route: Grand Junction Railway LMS Route: Birmingham
New Street to Lichfield LMS Route: Birmingham-Soho-Perry
Barr-Birmingham
Aston Station: lnwra2311
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Looking towards Vauxhall and Duddeston with Nechalls Park
Road overbridge in the distance on 15th April 1961. On the right is the branch
for the Midland Tar Distillers' sidings and the rear entrance to Nechells Gas
Works, part of which can just be seen above the houses. The branch leaves the
main line immediately before the bridge, to the left of the white hut which
housed the ground frame. Bob Essery writes' The ground frame was locked by the
signal box that controlled this section and the signalman would be asked to
release the lock so that the points could moved to permit a train to enter the
sidings. When the train was 'inside' the points would be returned to normal and
the frame was locked by the signalman. The train could not leave the sidings
until the signalman provided a release to enable the train guard or shunter to
unlock the frame and alter the points to allow the train to depart. When this
was done and the train clear of the sidings, the points were returned to normal
and locked by the signalman.
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