|
|
|
London North Western
Railway:
Midland
Railway:
Stratford
Midland Junction Railway
|
|
LMS Route: Birmingham West Suburban Railway
Central Goods Yard: mrcgy915b
|
Close up of image 'mrcgy915' showing the timber planking
being transferred to horse-drawn road vehicles for onward distribution. In this
view there are two sets of double sidings with a road in between wide enough to
accommodate two rows of horse-drawn vehicles. On the left at the back a man is
standing on planking of different lengths with some overhanging the rear of the
vehicle by as much as forty percent of their length. In the foreground behind
the Caledonian Railway (C R) wagon, three men are about to transfer timber
planking to an adjacent road vehicle. In this instance the open wagon has been
loaded with timber shorter than the wagon and therefore laid flat until the
timber has reached the same height as the sides of the five-plank wagon. Above
this height longer timber has been loaded but as was standard practice, the
overhang was just to one side of the wagon. On the right behind the two men a
metal frame seat belonging to a horse-drawn road vehicle can be seen.
back
|
|
|