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The water supply has led recently to closure of stretches of canals such as Wolverhampton Locks and as mentioned there are other repair issues with the Bridgewater Canal storm damage led to embankment and aqueduct failures, but these are part of the every day challenges to keep the waterways...

There has been a considerable transformation in recent decades with the canals of Birmingham following the end of general commercial carrying and the newer age of the pleasure and residential boat replacing it. The canal side has also changed with new buildings often of a residential nature as...

It is also important to look at old maps The ordnance survey of 1834 map 62 shows the branch canal serving a colliery Then the Birmingham Canal Navigations produced a map in 1855 which they amended from time to time and there is a copy in Birmingham Library Archives Here the Houghton or...

The name "Houghton's Arm derives from William Houghton and sons, chemical manufacturers who were situated near the arm in The 1800s. Perhaps not quite right Chance & Hartley bought the site at Oldbury for a new Chemical works in 1835 The Houghton's were land owners and when the Titford Canal...

How many canal companies were linked to the canal at the Bar, in what is now called Gas Street Basin? The answer is three! The Birmingham Canal Navigation (s) was there first with the making of the Paradise Street Branch. Then came the Worcester & Birmingham Canal Company which gradually...

Hopefully the bone shaker is a thing of the past, as stock and track have improved. Remarkably the Diesel Railcars such as the class 141 and 142 of relatively modern times have their enthusiasts and examples exist in preservation.

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...