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The issue of finding dates is complicated by factors that Pedrocut has highlighted. West Midlands Railway Chronology was dealt with in a chronology published by the Stephenson Society and compiled by Charles Clinker from many sources. Yet with the advent of better access to Newspapers on line...

The Leeds and Selby, opened September 22nd 1834 was also integrated with others it was leased to the York and North midland Railway on April 6th 1841, and purchased by them on May 23rd 1844 and it became part of the North Eastern Railway network in 1855. Warrington & Newton became part of the...

The Canterbury & Whitstable Railway had inclines along a part of their route. The Liverpool & Manchester had a incline to Crown Street Station and the Docks and the passenger locomotive service was from Edge Hill. When Lime Street opened in Liverpool the line was also worked by a stationary...

As the opening of the Stockton and Darlington is approached in September, Network Rail has been busy in promoting the 200th anniversary and around stations such as Birmingham New Street it is hard not to miss the adverts there. It marks an important event when the railway was opened inaugurally...

The Birmingham Mail has reported the testing of trams along the short new length to Millenium Point and Eastside Park and so it will be of interest to see when this section will be open As reproduced from the Birmingham Mail 06/08/2025

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The water supply has led recently to closure of stretches of canals such as Wolverhampton Locks and as mentioned there are other repair issues with the Bridgewater Canal storm damage led to embankment and aqueduct failures, but these are part of the every day challenges to keep the waterways...

There has been a considerable transformation in recent decades with the canals of Birmingham following the end of general commercial carrying and the newer age of the pleasure and residential boat replacing it. The canal side has also changed with new buildings often of a residential nature as...

It is also important to look at old maps The ordnance survey of 1834 map 62 shows the branch canal serving a colliery Then the Birmingham Canal Navigations produced a map in 1855 which they amended from time to time and there is a copy in Birmingham Library Archives Here the Houghton or...

The name "Houghton's Arm derives from William Houghton and sons, chemical manufacturers who were situated near the arm in The 1800s. Perhaps not quite right Chance & Hartley bought the site at Oldbury for a new Chemical works in 1835 The Houghton's were land owners and when the Titford Canal...

How many canal companies were linked to the canal at the Bar, in what is now called Gas Street Basin? The answer is three! The Birmingham Canal Navigation (s) was there first with the making of the Paradise Street Branch. Then came the Worcester & Birmingham Canal Company which gradually...

Hopefully the bone shaker is a thing of the past, as stock and track have improved. Remarkably the Diesel Railcars such as the class 141 and 142 of relatively modern times have their enthusiasts and examples exist in preservation.

One of the issues of transport history is that parliament is involved at many stages. Whilst it is important to avoid the political aspect, it is hard not to mention the involvement of parliamentary decisions and the policies of a particular party which has led to what is done But yes this...

Donbogen has made a point to comment upon With privatisation came fragmentation will different operators having different policies. It was seen as progress at the time and has had both good and bad results. Catering on trains has been reduced, but Cross Country, that is XC in their modern...

The way staff worked on the railways has changed with time and many types of jobs have disappeared Local stations often dealt with parcels traffic and sometimes freight. There were station masters and platform staff and now the staffing at local stations can be limited to one or no staff on a...

That was the end of the Newhall Branch which was extended following an Act obtained by Charles Colmore. George Jones previously had a foundry by Snow Hill and this works site was established by William Whitmore who made weighing machines and was an engineer. The castings for the Kings Norton...

When the picture is looked at in detail, the towpath bridge was of the Horseley Ironworks type and would have been erected when the New Main was constructed. The bridge that is now there would be by the Docks & Inland Waterways Executive. It was reported in the Birmingham Daily Gazette November...

The early plans included a tunnel and a terminus id Nova Scotia Gardens, but that changed and the line was built to Vauxhall and then extended to meet the London & Birmingham Railway with a viaduct that crossed Lawley Street meeting up for through running of first class carriages near the time...

There were sometimes steeper gradients to travel along when the boat horse was detached and taken over the hill at the tunnel.

I wonder where Gas Turbines fit into the smoke scenario