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London North Western
Railway:
Midland
Railway:
Stratford
Midland Junction Railway
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LMS Route: Rugby to Wolverhampton LMS Route: Birmingham -
Soho - Perry Barr - Birmingham LMS Route: Birmingham New Street to
Harborne
Monument Lane Shed: lnwrmlsh81a
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Close up of image 'lnwrmlsh81' showing Monument Lane's new shed
which contained six internal roads all of the same length. In the intervening
half-century since the shed was built and the photograph was taken the filth
and grime has taken a real hold. The white painted stripe would have been
particularly useful on a foggy or dark moonless winter's night to crews in the
absence of external lighting. To the left of this photograph were four stabling
sidings and on the extreme of the boundary the water softening plant. To the
right and rear of the shed and attached were the various stores, mess rooms,
offices including the foreman's office. Brian Swancott, former Passed Fireman
at Monument Lane, writes 'The four roads to the left of the shed are actually
slightly higher than the shed roads and was called the Prom for whatever
reason, I think that the wagons on the Prom were there because they had sand,
lime and general spare parts. The ash pit and coal tower were fed by the same
road which was accessed from the north end of the cross over to the main line,
in fact they were very close to the down line to Wolverhampton'.
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