LMS Route: Stratford Midland Junction - The Shakespeare Route

E&WJR and SMJ - Locomotives and Rolling Stock: smjsa66

The Ro-Railer is seen reversing on to the ramp where it can lower its road wheels and proceed on to the Welcombe Hotel. The timber decking provided in the space where the sleepers would have originally been exposed can clearly be seen. The Ro-Railer was just one of the numerous attempts conducted in the 1930s by the different railway companies to find innovative solutions to the perennial problem of servicing railways in rural or lightly populated areas.

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