Soho & Winson Green Station

[Mark Tooze]

Apologies if a thread already exists for this - I had a look but could not find one.
Some photos from the late 1970's of the station and surrounds - station now quite neglected, but a search revealed some bits of railway history.

 

[Mark Tooze]

Few more items I found in or around this station:-

 

[Morturn]

Super photos, very glad you took them.

 

[Astoness]

wonderful photos mark..thank you

lyn

 

[Dennis Williams]

Anyone got a map? mike? Pretty please?

 

[Mark Tooze]

 

[Dennis Williams]

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Great stuff...cheers Mark...

 

[Dennis Williams]

Thought you might like this map doodah Mark....

 

[Mark Tooze]

These were in Tyseley Railway Museum in the early 80's - 2 "Trains From" sheets for Soho & Winson Green station - one from 1951, another from 1955 - zoom in to see the detail - lots of destinations (Dudley, Great Bridge, Stourport, etc) on these you could not get a train to today..... BUT- you could get to Bewdley and Bridgnorth (before it was the Severn Valley Railway)

 

[Jeepwolf]

Great photos, thanks Mark. There is just something about a disused station.

 

[Lloyd]

There is just something about a disused station.

Sadness.

 

[Pedrocut]

Winson Green Station one day in 1995.

(1997) A century of railways around Birmingham and the West Midlands : a personal selection. Vol. 2.

 

[Genmac1]

Thank you for many happy childhood memories. Used to spend my pocket money travelling on local GWR train journey from Soho and Winson Green Station in the early 1950's to go train spotting with fiends on Snow Hill Station. Exciting to safely open carriage window to feel and smell the smoke from the GWR tank engine. Happy Days

 

[Brummie a long time ago]

Thank you for many happy childhood memories.

Same here. Pocket money spent on return tickets from Birmingham out one or two stations, just to come back again. Quite often to Water Orton, but wherever I could afford the return fare to. Learnt to read timetables that way.

Happy Days

Certainly.

Andrew.

 

[Lloyd]

Thank you for many happy childhood memories. Used to spend my pocket money travelling on local GWR train journey from Soho and Winson Green Station in the early 1950's to go train spotting with fiends on Snow Hill Station. Exciting to safely open carriage window to feel and smell the smoke from the GWR tank engine. Happy Days

Smoke in the air, soot on the face, smuts in the eyes. Oh the joys of trainspotting!

 

[mw0njm.]

Thank you for many happy childhood memories. Used to spend my pocket money travelling on local GWR train journey from Soho and Winson Green Station in the early 1950's to go train spotting with fiends on Snow Hill Station. Exciting to safely open carriage window to feel and smell the smoke from the GWR tank engine. Happy Days

me too i loved the pannier tanks 57xx

 

[Genmac1]

me too i loved the pannier tanks 57xx

Thank you for the wonderful You Tube link to GWR 57XX Pannier Tanks. What a great way to spend part of a Sunday afternoon listening and watching these great steam engines going through their paces. Included the 5775 used during the 1st Railway Children movie shot along the Keighley Worth and Valley Railway. I also noticed a scene shot at Hampton Loade

 

[Radiorails]

The South Devon Railway in noted for the operation of ex GWR panniers (matchboxes).

Locomotives & Rolling Stock

The SDR has a small home fleet of steam and diesel locomotives, and regularly hosts visiting engines and loans out its home engines. Below are some of the regular engines that can be seen at the SDR and resident rolling stock. View our: Steam Locomotives Diesel Locomotives Coaches Wagons...

www.southdevonrailway.co.uk

 

[Pedrocut]

Mrs Webster views potential customers, Factory Road, Soho. 3 March 1927.

 

[Mark Tooze]

Winson Green Station one day in 1995.

(1997) A century of railways around Birmingham and the West Midlands : a personal selection. Vol. 2.

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I think this photo is of the "other" Winson Green station - the one on the New St to Wolverhampton High Level line.