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LMS Route: Birmingham West Suburban Railway

Cadbury's Sidings: mrcad905

A gang of Permanent Way men are seen replacing track adjacent to Cadbury's exchange sidings on 3rd May 1953

A gang of Permanent Way men are seen replacing track adjacent to Cadbury's exchange sidings on 3rd May 1953. On the left the new track is being laid on to new and clean ballast. The section of track has been pre-built with the rail fixed by wooden chocks to the cast iron chairs which in turn are screwed to the timber sleepers. After they have been laid and aligned to the correct cant etc ballast will be laid on top so that the top of the ballast is the same height as the top of the sleepers - as seen in the new section of track on the right.

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