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There was a time on the Leicester & Swannington Railway when there was a Fourth Class !

As the push to a carbon neutral life continues the electric bus is becoming more common on the streets of Birmingham. The No 6 to Solihull is a recent example of an electric bus.

Sheepcote Lane was beside old Birmingham Canal, what is now the Oozells Loop. It is now Sheepcote Street. If I recall correctly Broadfields Dock is mentioned in rate books. It is also shown in a previous part of this thread. The land belonged to the Grammar School and it seems that Samuel...

It is hoped to have 2007 ready for 2025 and construction work is ongoing at the new Darlington Works.

Yes the tram depot was Kyotts Lake As to the bridge, there seem to be alterations as given by the answers supplied. It would be of interest to see what Captain Moorsom, as the principal engineer intended for the bridge, but in 1840 bridge design for railways over roads was very different from...

Well this is an interesting steam locomotive when built new for the London & North Eastern Railway, no 2001 Cock o the North and wheel arrangement 2-8-2

There is a bridge on this route where the Stratford Road is crossed. It has the look of may be a Birmingham & Gloucester Railway Bridge, but could be later. This was the turnpike and later a street tramway. A modern view looking from the round about side shows: But a previously posted image...

The 1964 image, was from the Weaver Collection, taken by the late Philip Weaver, if I recall. Some of the buildings backing onto the canal are of interest.

Viv's post was posted on Canal Forum showing a German interpretation of a previous BCN map.

No that viaduct was built for the Birmingham & Oxford Junction Railway, this one carried Curzon Street over the railway tracks and was called Curzon Street Bridge on the plan. The arrangement as built differed from this plan.

In the Science Museum of images of Curzon Street there is one captioned Curzon Street Viaduct. Not all the plans there were carried forward and this one seems not to have happened and the London & Birmingham Railway build a level crossing instead to reach their goods yard

A set of the Aston to Stechford Rail plans have come up for auction. These are large scale London & North Western Plans that show the track arrangement at the time of reconstruction. They show the route of the Old Road that once crossed at the level crossing and the new bridge to the south of...

Some facts about the early Snow Hill station deserve to be highlighted and Derek Harrisons' book on the station did not help. As previously stated the station began as a joint station between two companies that had been taken over by the Great Western Railway and so at the time of opening it...

The top image of the last post is further up the flight of Farmers Bridge showing Elkington Factory the entrance to Whitmores Arm and Birmingham Canal Navigation Offices. The second image shows Paradise Street wharf and offices five years before closure. In1773 the attached engraving shows the...

Some of the views above show the Wolverhampton side of the station before Bridge 1c was constructed.

These excavations refer to Engine House foundations that were examined. The main engine is now in the museum at Millenium Point and can be seen there.

I prefer to use my own images rather than reproduce what is found in books This view shows the engine sidings out side the Power Signal Box at New Street

The replica toll house at the top of Smethwick Locks was constructed as a memorial to the island toll houses along the New Main Line, by British Waterways, and there were those in the Birmingham Canal Navigations Society who were keen that it was done. Sadly there are troglodytes in our world...

The canal as stated was the Birmingham & Warwick Junction Canal, which became part of the Grand Union. North of Saltley Viaduct the canal passed close to Nechells Gasworks and now passes the Kappa Works. It went under the Aston to Stechford Railway and onto Nechells Power Station before meeting...

What happened to that image, I wonder The toll house was placed at the top of the three locks on the old main line with a path down to the New Main Line and the Gauging building.