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Re Down Express Often, but not always, it was up to London and down from London

This was a toxic spill that originated in Walsall and a recent map shows the current extent of the contamination

Presumably their was a bundy clock in the City Circle Route 19, but that bus service though once frequent later became infrequent.

The image relates to the important reconstruction of Snow Hill post 1900 which was part of a more extensive scheme. Snow Hill had been reconstructed previously, so this was the second reconstruction.

There are still plans for revised link to Northern Power House Rail. Over the last few years there have been many changes suggested which no doubt has kept graphic artists employed with their interpretations There is also the issue of making the tunnel to Euston from Old Oak which has also...

This image shows Lady of Legend which used Maindy Hall from Barry as a conversion to this Saint Class. This locomotive is scheduled to be on the Severn Valley Railway this Bank Holiday

Work on replacing York Bridge with a wider modern structure adjacent is set to go ahead now that the problem with newts on the site has been resolved.

Some time ago I looked at Galton House history, but decided that the Galtons lived elsewhere, it was for a time occupied by the Birmingham Canal Company with prominent staff using it as residence. Part of the 491ft original level ran through the grounds near the bridge over the473 ft level

There were two sheds and also a canal interchange basin, and reconstruction of the site happened in the 1930's by the GWR

Galton Valley The canal cut through up to 1829 was for the Birmingham Canal Main Line to the plans of Thomas Telford to lower the canal onto the new route at the 453 ft ordnance datum Previously canal company engineers Samuel Bull and James Bull had directed the lowering of the original summit...

With regards to iron smelting in Birmingham there was a charcoal furnace at Aston Coke smelting was performed at the Cape Furnace, Smethwick Steel making has been discussed in an article for the Black Countryman by myself With steel there were developments from the early processes...

As contractors continue to work on the Brierley Hill extension, recent work include the replacement of Hanson Bridge and the repair of the GWR Parkhead Viaduct which replaced Brunels timber structure and may contain elements of that original within the brickwork. At Moor Street work started on...

Interesting image but the building shown as a canal toll house was not used for the canal, instead it was a turnpike toll house!

I gather Hazelwell Station Building has now been demolished as part of the ongoing new station work.

This image shows Betton Grange on the Gloucestershire & Warwickshire Railway in May

This year saw the departure of Betton Grange 6880 from Tyseley Works finally completed after a long period of construction and financial support from the society responsible for its construction. The Grange GWR 4-6-0 class disappeared from the network, and the class became extinct. This new...

John Inshaw built three steam tugs to carry coal from Moira Collieries on the Ashby. He is known to had his works at the Steam Clock, but did he construct these and his other steam boats there or were they assembled at a nearby boatyard?

I remember the clock on the 70 terminus in Oxhill Road. The bus driver had a key which was inserted into the clock prior to departure. What happened to the keys?

A Spanish Bus and Coach company is supplying a new type of vehicle to London Transport. Irizar who have a British agency in Worksop, have made 20 of their ie Trams for London. The concept is that they are electric battery buses which use a pantograph to supply power to recharge the batteries at...

Herbert Hall Mulliner was born in Leamington Warwickshire.