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London North Western
Railway:
Midland
Railway:
Stratford
Midland Junction Railway
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LMS Route: Rugby to Wolverhampton
Hampton Station: lnwrhiaj2990
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A 1931 view of the former engine shed with a number of open
five plank wagons being loaded with timber planking. The ubiquitous five plank
wagon handled a substantial amount of traffic on UK railways, basically
anything that did not need secure package or protecting too much from the
elements. Wagons were frequently sheeted in order to stop the sparks and coal
embers emitted from locomotive's from burning and damaging the load. Wagons
transporting material such as timber which was longer than the wagon needed to
be loaded with care. First the height of the stacked timber needed to be within
the confines of the railway's loading gauge, such a device normally positioned
at the exit to the goods yard, and then all wagons needed to be loaded with the
timber 'pointing' the same way so that one wagon's projected timber projected
over its neighbour but clear of its neighbour's load. The last open wagon
adjacent to the guards van would not carry a load which projected above the
height of its side planking.
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