Trustworthy, administrator
11,932
edits
Changes
Note on token changing equipment prior to 2007 flood
===Cattle dock===
The cattle dock is situated in the original 1869 location, however the wooden structure is an SVR re-construction. The cattle dock was temporarily removed during the repair work following the [[2007_Storm_Damage | 2007 storm damage]]. The photograph below shows the view in 2005, two years before the storm damage. The cattle dock and water tower can both be seen; construction of The Engine House had not yet begun. Also notable is the absence of lineside fencingat that time.
<gallery>
File: Highley station 2005, looking south - geograph.org.uk - 804842.jpg | Highley station 2005, looking south (Wikimedia Commons)
</gallery>
===Token changing equipment===
The 2005 photograph above shows token changing equipment, similar to that at [[Bewdley#Token catcher | Bewdley]], to the left of the line. SVR News 45 includes a picture of this being used in 1977, with the driver of a southbound train in the process of placing the Hampton Loade to Highley token on the nearer pole while the Highley-Arley token awaits collection on the further pole. Photographic evidence suggests it survived the 2007 washout<ref>[[Bibliography#Books | Sowden (2012), P19]]</ref>, but was removed as part of the subsequent reinforcement of the ground on which it stood<ref>[[Bibliography#Books | Sowden (2012), P23]]</ref>. As of 2015 the equipment is no longer present.
===Awards===
==References==
[[Bibliography | Marshall (1989), p99-100]]<br>
[[Bibliography | Vanns (1998), p62]]<br><references />
== Gallery ==
[http://www.sharpos-world.co.uk/cpg/thumbnails.php?album=317 Sharpo's World photos at Highley, showing station buildings, signalbox etc. before the Engine House was built]
== See Also ==
