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London North Western
Railway:
Midland
Railway:
Stratford
Midland Junction Railway
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LMS Route: Stratford Midland Junction - The Shakespeare
Route
Stratford on Avon Station: smjsa295
In the distance the original E&WJR station and in the
foreground the new turntable of the locomotive shed circa 1908. The brickwork
on the well of the turntable looks new and the photograph was therefore taken
about the time when the turntable was transferred from No 1 road of the shed
(as seen in image 'smjsa55') to the new position.
Beyer Peacock locomotives are prominent with one 2-4-0T locomotive tank and
possibly two 0-6-0 tender engine. Of interest is the very short water crane
which doesn't look high enough to clear the tender although its probably all
right for the 2-4-0T locomotives, and what would have been a novelty on most
railways at this time, the electric light lamppost alongside the turntable. The
use of white paint for poles, posts, edges of turntables and even platforms
proves that the often quoted reason for their being used was 'during the First
or Second World Wars' is a myth.
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