LMS Route: Evesham to Birmingham

Kings Norton Station: mrkn790a

Close up of image 'mrkn790' showing Kings Norton's signal box located to the West of the station which controlled access to the sidings and the four running lines to and from Northfield. Bob Essery recalls in his book DJ Norton's pictorial survey of Railways in the West Midlands that whilst the sidings were primarily used for carriage storage they were pressed in to action at times when freight traffic was heavy. In these circumstances westbound trains started at Kings Norton instead of Washwood Heath with the sidings being used to marshal the wagons into train order. To the best of Bob's recollection, it was mostly mineral traffic for Westerleigh near Bristol.

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