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Monument Lane Station/Shed
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Pedrocut
Master Barmmie
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Heartland
master brummie
Monument Lane Station was opened in 1854 for passenger trains but was known as Edgbaston from 1853 when it was not advertised for trains. However, apart from providing a need for passengers to access or egress the platforms, there was also the need to serve as a "ticket platform". The need to check passenger tickets seems to have been the original purpose for this station and may have been used for such a purpose when the Stour Valley Railway first opened for passenger traffic.
As to the locomotive shed, this establishment had the purpose of initially supplying coke and water for locomotives as well as a place to maintain. The railway tunnel north of New Street had tracks on an incline that raised at a gradient from 1 in 76 to 1 in 77 which meant that train speed was affected in the early days and journeys through the tunnel varied.
As to the locomotive shed, this establishment had the purpose of initially supplying coke and water for locomotives as well as a place to maintain. The railway tunnel north of New Street had tracks on an incline that raised at a gradient from 1 in 76 to 1 in 77 which meant that train speed was affected in the early days and journeys through the tunnel varied.
Janet Hunt
master brummie
This may be just a reflection, but it looks like a couple of ghostly figures are on the train
Janet Hunt
master brummie
One of my relatives a boatman lived in one of the railway cottages along side the canal on this map he lived at no2. I have taken a walk along that canal it is difficult to see through the shrubbery if anything is left of the cottages.
