LMS Route: Rugby to Leamington Spa (Avenue)

Marton Station: lnwrmart1328a

Close up of image 'lnwrmart1328' showing the goods yard's Lime store which was built with a steel frame and timber planking to counter Lime's corrosiveness. To the left of the store and out of view of the photographer was a small stable housing the railway horse. The horse would have been used for shunting the wagons and delivering goods throughout the local area. The schematic of the station layout shows a wagon turntable was still evident in the late 19th century on the siding on which the wagon is standing was. This was according to Messrs. Preston-Hendry and Powell-Hendry a relic of the original 1851 layout when the line was single from Rugby to Leamington.

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