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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

The locomotive head codes are of interest as they show a rough destination for the train V can be Western Region O can be Southern Region N was used until 1967 for trains destined for the North Eastern Region For example

A view of locomotive haulage at New Street in 1972

The reconstruction of Birmingham New Street provided the means to divert passenger services that previously used Snow Hill to New Street. The station was in principal an underground station placed under a shopping centre with booking offices on the floor above and parcels offices in Station...

That iron was used is perhaps correct 1878 was the re start of work with a new contractor. There was some earlier work previously

On 6th June 1975 the Euston to Glasgow sleeper train derailed at Nuneaton with loss of life Yesterday marked the 50th anniversary of the accident The original sleeper train loco 86242 failed at Kings Langley and had another locomotive attached to the front 86006 to take the train forward with...

The trestle viaduct was completed by 1881 when it was tested by a pair of heavy locomotives, however the Board of Trade came to recommend additional side strengthening which was done by the summer of 1882. The engineer for the Halesowen Railway Company who financed construction was Edward...

The Stockton & Darlington was not the first public railway although from 1826 is credited with having the first public passenger time table for the service that was then horse worked. Steam locomotives on the Stockton and Darlington Railway hauled freight as a public railway, although the first...

There was a time in the early 1830's when there were carriage companies formed for the purpose of using steam power to haul carriages along the turnpikes and common roads. They included the use of Dr William Church's carriage which was assembled at Bordesley Green and the steam drag of Heaton...

The image of the new viaduct at Duddeston shows the gradual construction of that structure before being moved into place. It is called the Bellingham Viaduct after the England Football player.

The reconstruction of the Dudley Canal at Selly Oak has a new stretch to the junction with the Worcester and Birmingham Canal. Lapal Tunnel along this route had many problems with closures happening for repair even at earlier times, G R Jebb had a tramway laid in the tunnel to make repairs to...

It should noted that the station is Hagley Road and not Hagley as the title of the thread suggests. Hagley is on the line to Kidderminster and was built for the Oxford, Worcester & Wolverhampton Railway. Although the present station building is GWR later design

This image from 1959 (courtesy Rail Forum) show the locomotive This view was at Wellingborough, Hornby later produced a model of the locomotive.