LNER Route: Leicester to Marylebone

Catesby Tunnel: gcct5a

Close up of image 'gcct5' showing hanging on the lineside hut the large variety of tools used by P&W gangs when maintaining the line. On the left is a wheelbarrow, a wicker basket, scythes for grass cutting, riddles for sieving sand or gravel, and brushes. The hut would be used by a Permanent Way gang as their base for cooking and eating when working on the section of track which had been allocated to them.

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