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London North Western
Railway:
![](../railpics/invisible.gif) Midland
Railway:
![](../railpics/invisible.gif) Stratford
Midland Junction Railway
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LMS Route: Evesham to Birmingham
Cofton Tunnel: mrcof1671
Three of Logan and Hemingway's rail mounted steam powered
cranes are working to clear the rubble over the weekend of 26th to 18th January
1929. The contractor's wagons, seen on the left, were crude affairs being built
to withstand the inevitable knocks from the cranes as the spoil is tipped from
the boxes into them. Built using large sections of rough sawn timber they were
side tipping which is why they were pitched so high. The timber frames extended
at each end forming the 'dumb' buffer (e.g. not sprung) and were joined to each
other by three link chains. The contractor's or 'temporary' track on which the
cranes are mounted are of a higher standard than normally used by contractor's
wagons. This is because the cranes need much better laid track as they are not
using stabilising jacks or similar. On the right a four-plank Engineering
Department wagon can be seen apparently filled with rail chairs.
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