LMS Route: Birmingham New Street to Tamworth

LMS Route: Nuneaton to Birmingham New Street

Washwood Heath Sidings: mrwhg345

This view of Washwood Heath shows the down sidings in 1895 some eighteen years after it was first opened and four years after the down sidings were enlarged. For over forty years the sidings were only located on the down side of the yard. The sidings, it is believed, had two purposes the primary purpose being the sorting of freight both into and out of the area. The inward traffic being sorted for onward delivery to the MR's Central Goods and Lawley Street facilities. The second purpose was providing some warehousing facilities as seen above to the rear of the siding.

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