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Tuesday, 12 January 2016

They Always Come Along in Threes


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This one is curious.   The cast iron panels and the stanchions for the handrails appear identical to ours but the tank sits on reinforced concrete supports - presumably of 20th century date.   The station is said to have been RE-built in 1864.  The tank was at Whitacre station on the Hampton Branch between Whitacre and Nuneaton.

For the full story see http://www.photobydjnorton.com/StonebridgeRailway.html

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