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Moor Street Station

Not sure if this helps or not. From Warwickshire Railways site
Cross section through the traverser table, showing how one of the three rail roads (rail road ‘X’) could be moved sideways into a recess under the platform ‘A’. An electric motor ‘B’, underneath the traverser table moved along nine rails positioned transverse to the main tracks. Each rail had four wheels (of two foot diameter) positioned under the traverser table each supporting two rolled steel joists. The section shows the position of the future second platform on the left, while two other rail roads (in this case ‘Z’ and ‘Y’) are aligned with the main tracks. Item ‘B’ is the electric motor.

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Great Royal Warwicks pic, looks early WW2, by the kit, some don't look all that happy, maybe Territorial deployment to France/Belgium. late 39?
 
interesting map

Moor Street Station​

fire Insurance Map showing the layout of the different levels of Moor Street Station and the surrounding areas redrawn in 1937. The regular grid format of the piers supporting the ferro-concrete roof over the low level Goods Sheds A (left of diagram) and Shed B (middle of diagram), while the Stables (right of diagram) were in extended arches of the viaduct. The three wagon hoists have been marked in Green. Two areas in Shed B (marked in red) were designated for Banana Storage, the lower one being identified as belonging to F Nicholas Ltd. The upper level warehouse can seen in the middle of this map adjacent to the passenger station, which fronted on to Moor Street. At the top left is start of Snow Hill Tunnel, while bottom left is the Goods Office (marked in purple) and also fronting on to Moor Street.
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warwickshirerailways.com
 
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