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The talk we had at the BMI regarding Vintage Trains was worthwhile and the speaker traced the development of Tyseley Depot from the 1960s to the present time. There was a time when it was a museum, but now it is a working depot for the locomotives owned by Vintage Trains and also the workshops...

This engine was part of the exhibits at the 1862 Great Exhibition May were Birmingham maker of fixed steam engines

Interesting facts JET 1 was made at the Rover Factory at Solihull This image is from the Science Museum Collection- Fortunately this car has survived and can be seen at the Science Museum in London

The closure of the thread on Steam Sheds has prevented further comments and so a new thread is needed to complete the picture. In the early days of steam, the London & Birmingham Railway had a roundhouse shed at Curzon Street which has featured in this forum The Grand Junction straight shed was...

Snow Hill Station has had three major makeovers, firstly in the 1870's and then during the 1900's and finally when the station was reopened to traffic by British Rail. The Station Hotel run by GWR and later as part of British Railways hotel group lasted until the 1960's. Yet there was a plan to...

Rover made a gas turbine car, Reg JET 1 Does anybody know what happened to it ?

Attached is an 1896 image of an advert published in and London & North Western Guide

Yes Snell, Brice and Co were early canal carriers, they belonged to a changing group that specialised in the carriage of merchandise along the canal network. The wharf was one of a group distributed along the banks of the canal in Birmingham where goods were sent and received across a network...

D J Smiths book is an interesting and valuable account of New Street, or Grand Central as it was first known, the construction was made possible by the London & Birmingham Railway Act of 7th August 1846.

Yes the tracks were added much later as a feature and have lead some trip boat commentators to make the wrong assumption that they had an industrial role. The tracks on the towpath at Dockers Brothers had a real purpose however

They became part of the Horseley company at Tipton in further mergers which itself was merged and closed

Here is another advert of interest for the Heath Mill in Lower Fazeley Street from a directory of 1841 Regarding directories I have examined them across the country and their entry varied for region

The loss of the royal warrant by Cadbury's should bring alarm bells ringing out to our politicians who allow the sale of British company products The same could apply to HP sauce, made in Birmingham at Aston. That sauce used local water and moving production abroad changed the product It was a...

This is an advert that deserves comment From an 1841 Directory

The factory shopping they had built on the Canal Side of Gas Street were the subject of a redevelopment plan for student accommodation which may be still ongoing has anybody heard of the decision?

The aspect of using the flint lock (1) and percussion cap lock (2) were once common in the sporting gun capacity Did their use last longer than those used in conflict

It was under the Library complex and had access to Paradise Circus. There were bus stops on the Dudley Road side which were close to the underground station. I seem to recall that the Library used part of the area for storage. The site was redeveloped with the Paradise Forum project

The present New Street station is one that is served by different train operators. At present the franchises are Avanti West Coat Cross Country Transport for Wales West Midland Trains & London Northwestern Charter trains might also pass through but at present there are no open access operators...

Snow Hill was initially the junction between the Birmingham Wolverhampton and Dudley Railway and the Birmingham & Oxfords Junction Railway although both became part of the GWR mixed gauge route as construction proceeded to make the first Snow Hill station The original LNWR station at New Street...

The last tunnel boring machines for HS2 have been named and these will work on the extension from Old Oak Common to Euston They are Karen and Madeleine The tunnel will be 4.5 km long