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Great Western Railway

The Royal Albert Bridge is magnificent and in an equally great setting. Been over it quite a few times and beneath it a couple of times. Jack Tars on BHF will know it.
 
Radiorails said:
The Royal Albert Bridge is magnificent and in an equally great setting. Been over it quite a few times and beneath it a couple of times. Jack Tars on BHF will know it.
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During the war my wife lived as a child in a road that had both the Great Western heading to the Tamar bridge and the Southern going underneath it to Exeter, in the late 60s her family moved back there and as a result in the 80s when I started to collect postcards, I decided to collect bridge cards and now have about 300. Sorry to go off theme.
Bob
 
There are many aspects of the GWR in the Midlands. many lines were promoted independently and absorbed by the GWR. The route to Snow Hill began as the Oxford and Rugby Railway and the Birmingham & Oxford Junction. That from Birmingham to Priestfield was Birmingham, Wolverhampton & Dudley Railway and from Priestfield to Wolverhampton, the Oxford, Worcester & Wolverhampton Railway.

Before Tyseley was opened, the original shed was at Bordesley Junction.

The GWR network in the Midlands gradually expanded to serve the industry in the region.

Then came the improvements for widening and new stations. Hockley was a new station, as were those through to Olton and Solihull and the North Warwickshire that linked Tyseley with Bearley.

The changes were both dynamic and beneficial to the GWR.

They had a good case for the electrification to Snow Hill, with the improvements, yet the London Midland Region won the argument to electrify to New Street.
 
Had Snow Hill remained as a principal station then the present congestion at New Street would have been avoided. Trains from the south west could have used it on the south west north/north west route and maybe others as well.
 
The 1366 class of pannier tank were restricted in their use. Being confined to Swindon and one or two quay areas such as Weymouth (1969)
 
devonjim said:
Vividly remember a pannier tanker regularly being used to shunt wagons at Tyseley in late 1940's.
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GWR 5700 'Pannier Tank' Class 7752 (L94)

Preserved Great Western Railway GWR 5700 'Pannier Tank' Class 7752 (L94) at Tyseley
 

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Richarddye said:
Pete, super video! Whats amazing with these trains is how resilient/flexible they are to pull together up such an incline and not have any drive train or transmission coupling other than great drivers!
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i always have been fasinated with them,i collect the 060 pannier oo gauge models up to now i have 40...im a .babi mawr:grinning:
 
"Railway overpass between the Otton (sic) [Olton] suburb and Birmingham of the four track line of the Great Western Railway over the Warwick Road. Five iron trapezoidal lattice girders, upper chords connected by cross bracing. total width: 46.3m. total length 53.3m. height 6.1m. Floor steel plate, abutment reinforced concrete."
 
Spargone said:
"Railway overpass between the Otton (sic) [Olton] suburb and Birmingham of the four track line of the Great Western Railway over the Warwick Road. Five iron trapezoidal lattice girders, upper chords connected by cross bracing. total width: 46.3m. total length 53.3m. height 6.1m. Floor steel plate, abutment reinforced concrete."
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Danke



Bob
 
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