LNER Route: Leicester to Marylebone

Rugby Central Station: gcrcs6a

Close up of image 'gcrcs6' showing Rugby Station Signal Cabin located at the London end of the down side of the station. The signal box controlled both the running lines passing through the station as well as the goods yard seen behind the signal box. The goods sheds and crane can be seen in the background together with an unknown locomotive shunting in the yard. The goods yard's facilities were much more modest in comparison to the LNWR's extensive goods yards situated about a mile away. This reflected not just the late arrival of the Great Central Railway to the town, a near sixty year disadvantage compared to both the LNWR and MR, but also the fewer towns and cities connected by the Great Central.

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