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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.

I gather this discussion referred to the air shaft marked on the section of the 1887 Ordnance Survey. This shaft would have been to provide air and allow smoke to escape from the Stour Valley Railway tunnel. The location of the shaft was of interest as it was on land used as part of the Old...

On reading through early guide to the London & Birmingham Railway, it would seem that the original viaduct at Stichford (as it was then called) comprised 6 arches. The making of the Aston to Stechford Line may have led to the removal of some arches through the construction of the embankment...

These circulars are often very useful in providing information about services. This circular shows services that would soon be cancelled. The Wolverhampton to Dudley and Stourbridge passenger service was closed to passengers from July 30th, 1962 Shrewsbury to Bewdley was closed from September...

Thanks for that. This image shows the entrance from the canal (Gas Street Basin) in 1969.

What period was "Gangsters" filmed for the BBC ?

Yes the two industrials were Bromford Tube Company, later Stewarts & Lloyds. The image would have been from the platform of Bromford Race Course station. It was a convenient access point to reach the sidings that served the Tube Works. The platform is evident in the 3rd image that shows D 6

It seems that there is still a wish to have a station serving Balsall Heath. There were two stations on this section Brighton Road and Camp Hill. Brighton Road is shown -

It is important to recognise the hard work done by those who have restored locomotives and rolling stock and even now build replica locomotives to represent those types that have been lost.

Looking at another view of the Levis Factory for 1939 there is little evidence of any test facilities on the roof

I do not remember the brick arch bridge in Albert Road, It would be of use to see if anybody has a picture of it, and the Laundry also. Of course, Northcote Road junction is south of this bridge. The modern bridge has the No 1 on it indicating that it is the start of the Branch Railway to Aston...

Some of the posts in the general canal thread have shown structures that have an important heritage history. The recent post which shows the enlarged bridge over the Birmingham Canal at Spon Lane is of interest as it is a combination of a brick structure and a later Ferro Concrete Bridge. Both...

No not then I suppose, but now it is quite busy with not all vehicles obeying the speed limit. But to use public roads as a test track may have needed permission from Birmingham Corporation I suspect, unless it was unofficial usage. Levis bikes being made in 1911 would have placed the factory in...