Tettenhall station

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Mountain
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Re: Tettenhall station

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bob hughes60 wrote: This leaves us with a mystery; the short spur at end of siding too short for a headshunt? is it a catch point?
More likely a short length ot track used in a similar way. Trap point. I believe the idea is for any breakaway wagons would end up crashing here rather then going straight down the mainline into an oncoming train. A saftey feature in the trackplan.
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