Birmingham New Street Station: lnwrbns_str1882

Looking towards Worcester Street tunnel with an unidentified ex-LNWR 0-6-2T locomotive passing New Street No 1 Signal Box and a gang of Permanent Way workers. This atmospheric scene was the result of the smoke and soot building up on the glass roof which after the First World War was not subjected to the vigorous cleaning that had prevailed during the first sixty to seventy years of the station's life. On the right are the sidings located at the East end of Platform 3 which was used for parcels traffic etc whilst above the parcel coach a tarpaulin is stretched overhead suggesting some maintenance work was being undertaken.

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