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In the years 1845 and 1846 when large number of railways were proposed several canal companies considered converting their waterways into railways. Had that happened our waterway network of today would have been the poorer. The Worcester & Birmingham Railway had a scheme which was later modified...

As work proceeds HS 2 there is still the lack of recognition in these modern times that there were two stations at Curzon Street; the London & Birmingham Station and the Grand Junction Station. Whilst traffic was exchanged at Curzon Street between the two railway companies they had their own...

There are various threads 1st the early history that led to the creation of the station and its first name Grand Central 2nd the original station 3rd the building of the Midland Railway station and joint ownership until 1923 4th the LMS Station and BR station until reconstruction 5th...

There was a term called battledore, could this be a version of the paddle

Before guns and rifles had the technology to fire bullets, there was the long period of use of what was called the gun lock These started with the flint lock, went through the percussion lock era and there were also various types of safety locks Birmingham and South Staffordshire were involved...

Re Farmers Bridge I have a date which I need to look up in my notes, but it was the original Tindal Bridge that replaced it. That Tindal Bridge with metal support was part of a program of improving bridges for increased street traffic. The present Tindal Bridge is concrete. On a related subject...

Is the Wednesbury sculpture now covered in vegitation ?

The sail is somewhat inconsistent with the canal, although narrow boats did have sails for certain navigations such as the Severn Thomas Monk was a boat builder at Tipton and there were other members of the Monk family who had other boat yards The Fellows began carrying with James Fellow...

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...