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==Locations== At its creation at the start of 1923, the [[London and North Eastern Railway]] (LNER) inherited ten sets of water troughs from its constituents, and also became a co-owner (with the [[Great Western Railway]]) of one more.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Boddy |first1=M.G. |last2=Fry |first2=E.V. |last3=Hennigan |first3=W. |last4=Proud |first4=P. |last5=Yeadon |first5=W.B. |authorlink5=Willie Yeadon |editor-last=Fry |editor-first=E.V. |title=Locomotives of the L.N.E.R., part 1: Preliminary Survey |date=July 1963 |publisher=[[Railway Correspondence and Travel Society|RCTS]] |location=Potters Bar |isbn=0-901115-11-8 |pages=68β69 }}</ref> {| class="wikitable sortable" |+ LNER water troughs |- ! Location || Previous station || Next station || Milepost (origin) || Pre-group |- | Charwelton || {{stnlnk|Charwelton}} || {{stnlnk|Woodford and Hinton}} || 135 (Manchester) || [[Great Central Railway]] |- | Eckington || [[Killamarsh Central railway station|Killamarsh]] || [[Renishaw Central railway station|Eckington & Renishaw]] || 51 (Manchester) || Great Central Railway |- | Halifax Junction || [[Bentley railway station (Suffolk)|Bentley]] || {{stnlnk|Ipswich}} || 67 (Liverpool Street) || [[Great Eastern Railway]] |- | Langley || {{stnlnk|Knebworth}} || {{stnlnk|Stevenage}} || 26 (King's Cross) || [[Great Northern Railway (Great Britain)|Great Northern Railway]] |- | Lucker || {{stnlnk|Newham}} || {{stnlnk|Lucker}} || 48 (Newcastle) || [[North Eastern Railway (United Kingdom)|North Eastern Railway]] |- | Muskham || [[Newark Northgate railway station|Newark]] || [[Carlton on Trent railway station|Carlton-on-Trent]] || 123 (King's Cross) || Great Northern Railway |- | Ruislip || [[West Ruislip station|Ruislip & Ickenham]] || {{stnlnk|Denham}} || 2 (Northolt Junction) || [[Great Western and Great Central Joint Railway]] |- | Scrooby || {{stnlnk|Scrooby}} || {{stnlnk|Bawtry}} || 146 (King's Cross) || Great Northern Railway |- | Tivetshall || {{stnlnk|Burston}} || {{stnlnk|Tivetshall}} || 100 (Liverpool Street) || Great Eastern Railway |- | Werrington || {{stnlnk|Peterborough}} || {{stnlnk|Tallington}} || 80 (King's Cross) || Great Northern Railway |- | Wiske Moor || {{stnlnk|Northallerton}} || {{stnlnk|Danby Wiske}} || 32 (York) || North Eastern Railway |} A map showing the location of GWR troughs in the 1930s is reproduced in the book 'The Great Western Railway'.<ref>{{cite book |title=The Great Western Railway - 150 Glorious Years |editor-last1=Whitehouse |editor-first1=P |editor-last2=Thomas |editor-first2=David St John |editor-link2=David St John Thomas |publisher=[[David & Charles]] |location=Newton Abbot |isbn=0-7153-8763-4 |date=July 2002 }}{{page needed|date=March 2016}}</ref> They are typically at spacings of {{convert|40|to|50|mi}}, but with some wide variations. There are a few instances of trough locations very close to major stopping points; for example Fox's Wood, near St Annes Park, two miles from [[Bristol Temple Meads railway station|Bristol Temple Meads]]; however this was installed when trains to South Wales travelled via [[Bath Spa railway station|Bath]] and [[Filton Abbey Wood railway station|Filton]], using these troughs; after the opening of the South Wales direct route via [[Badminton railway line|Badminton]], numerous passenger and goods trains continued to use the route and required the troughs. The lengths are also given: they vary from 524 to 620 yards (480 to 570 metres). The locations were (in 1936): :{| class="wikitable" |- ! Location !! Milepost !! In use from !! Length |- | Pangbourne - Goring || {{frac|43|1|2}} || 1 October 1895 || {{cvt|620|yd|m}} |- | Aldermaston - Midgham || {{frac|45|1|2}} || by 1904 || {{cvt|620|yd|m}} |- | Fairwood Junction (up) || {{frac|111|1|2}} || || {{cvt|553|yd|m}} |- | Fairwood Junction (down) || {{frac|111|3|4}} || || {{cvt|495|yd|m}} |- | Cogload Jn β Creech Jn || {{frac|159|1|4}} || March 1902 || {{cvt|560|yd|m}} |- | Exminster β Starcross || 200 || July 1904 || {{cvt|560|yd|m}} |- | Keynsham β Fox's Wood || {{frac|114|3|4}} || 1 October 1895 || {{cvt|620|yd|m}} |- | Chipping Sodbury || 104 || 1 January 1903 || {{cvt|524|yd|m}} |- | [[Undy#Railway|Undy]] β Magor || {{frac|150|1|4}} || || {{cvt|560|yd|m}} |- | Ferryside || {{frac|240|3|4}} || || {{cvt|620|yd|m}} |- | Denham β Ruislip || {{frac|2|1|4}} || 20 November 1905 || {{cvt|560|yd|m}} |- | Kings Sutton || {{frac|81|1|2}} || || {{cvt|560|yd|m}} |- | Rowington Jn || {{frac|114|1|2}} || by July 1902 || {{cvt|440|yd|m}} ({{cvt|560|yd|m}} from 1908) |- | Charlbury || 78 || || {{cvt|560|yd|m}} |- | Bromfield β Ludlow || {{frac|22|1|2}} || || {{cvt|613|yd|m}} |- | Lostwithiel || || || |} <ref name =ga>Great Western Railway, ''General Appendix to the Rule Book, 1936'', quoted by Vaughan; the Lostwithiel entry comes from H Holcroft, ''An Outline of Great Western Locomotive Practice'', quoted by Vaughan</ref> Similar 1934 maps<ref>{{cite magazine |magazine=The Railway Magazine |date=January 1934 |page=7 |title=Water pick-up troughs |volume=74 |issue=439 }}</ref> showed troughs on the main East, Midland and West Coast routes from London to Scotland: :{| class="wikitable" |+London Kings Cross to Edinburgh Waverley ! Location !! Mileage apart !! Length |- | Langley β Stevenage || {{cvt|27|mi|km}} || {{cvt|694|yd|m}} |- | Peterborough β Werrington Jn || {{cvt|52|mi|km}} || {{cvt|638|yd|m}} |- | Muskham || {{cvt|42|mi|km}} || {{cvt|704|yd|m}} |- | [[Scrooby railway station|Scrooby]] β Bawtry || {{cvt|24|mi|km}} || {{cvt|704|yd|m}} |- | Northallerton β Danby Wiske || {{cvt|76|mi|km}} || {{cvt|613|yd|m}} |- | Lucker β Berwick || {{cvt|98|mi|km}} || {{cvt|613|yd|m}} |- | Edinburgh || {{cvt|73|mi|km}} || |} :{| class="wikitable" |+London Euston to Edinburgh and Glasgow ! Location !! Mileage apart !! Length |- | Hatch End β Bushey || {{cvt|15|mi|km}} || {{cvt|505|yd|m}} |- | Wolverton β Castlethorpe || {{cvt|38|mi|km}} || {{cvt|559|yd|m}} |- | Rugby β Brinklow || {{cvt|32|mi|km}} || {{cvt|554|yd|m}} |- | Tamworth β Lichfield || {{cvt|28|mi|km}} || {{cvt|642|yd|m}} |- | Whitmore β Madeley || {{cvt|36|mi|km}} || {{cvt|563|yd|m}} |- | Preston Brook β Moore || {{cvt|29|mi|km}} || {{cvt|579|yd|m}} |- | Brock β Garstang || {{cvt|40|mi|km}} || {{cvt|561|yd|m}} |- | Hest Bank β Bolton-le-sands || {{cvt|18|mi|km}} || {{cvt|562|yd|m}} |- | Low Gill β Tebay || {{cvt|26|mi|km}} || {{cvt|553|yd|m}} |- | Floriston β Gretna || {{cvt|45|mi|km}} || {{cvt|560|yd|m}} |- | Thankerton β Carstairs || {{cvt|64|mi|km}} || {{cvt|557|yd|m}} |- | Glasgow || {{cvt|32|mi|km}} || |- | Edinburgh || {{cvt|31|mi|km}} || |} :{| class="wikitable" |+London St Pancras to Glasgow ! Location !! Mileage apart !! Length |- | Oakley β Sharnbrook || {{cvt|55|mi|km}} || {{cvt|557|yd|m}} |- | Loughborough β Hathern (via Leicester) || {{cvt|58|mi|km}} || {{cvt|557|yd|m}} |- | Melton Mowbray (via Nottingham) || {{cvt|45|mi|km}} || {{cvt|557|yd|m}} |- | Dent β Hawes (see also [[Garsdale railway station]]) || {{cvt|144|mi|km}} || {{cvt|554|yd|m}} |- | Floriston β Gretna || {{cvt|45|mi|km}} || {{cvt|560|yd|m}} |- | Kirkconnel β New Cumnock || {{cvt|58|mi|km}} || {{cvt|564|yd|m}} |- | Glasgow || {{cvt|49|mi|km}} || |} Other British troughs are mentioned in articles on [[Ipswich railway station#Water troughs|Ipswich]] and [[Tivetshall railway station]]s (Norfolk).
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