LMS Route: Birmingham New Street to Tamworth
LMS Route: Nuneaton to Birmingham New Street
Washwood Heath Sidings: mrwhg348e
Close up of image 'mrwhg348' giving a view of the front
section of the seven sidings which were located behind Washwood Heath Siding's
Back Fan or Coal Bank. The three-way point on the right leads to No 21, No 22
and No 23 sidings and was operated by the set of levers levers on the right.
These three sidings are occupied primarily by non-mineral traffic whilst the
sidings to their left are principally occupied, by coal wagons. The segregation
of different types of traffic aided the process of sorting as mineral trains
would be more prevalent and would often travel to different destinations to
non-mineral traffic. The
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