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Two original oil
paintings by Phil Hawkins, Fellow of the Guild of Railway Artists. For further
information please contact Mike
Musson. The first painting is of GWR King Class
No 6027 'King Richard I' at the head of the down Cambrian Coast Express as
it approaches Hatton station whilst the second and smaller painting is of
British Railways built 4-6-0 Modified Hall No 7912
'Little Linford Hall' at Tyseley shed's coaling stage having just been
topped up ready for its next trip.
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Hi. Just been having a look at some
photos, and can clarify a couple of points. Photo 'lnwrrm850'. The bridge in the distance is
Clifton Rd bridge (275). However the lines from the left are: Up Northampton
Goods, Up Northampton, Up Fast. Down Peterborough, Down Northampton (both at
higher level). Down fast coming out of the hole, and the Down Goods extreme
right. The signal on the right of the picture on the gantry reads off the Down
Peterborough, This signal, along with two other colour light signals off the
Down Northampton and Down Fast which are out of view, replaced the massive
gantry provided by the GCR at Rugby South. Photo lnwrrm888. This photo shows the up platform
line (Up Slow), and siding 6 under the roof. The Up fast line (commonly known
as the Up Through) is to the right of the roof supporting columns. Siding 6 was
known as the 'Up Pilot', and in later years usually held a Black 5 which was
for shunting duties, and to assist trains that were in trouble. There was a
similar siding, the Down Pilot (Siding 4) at the North end of the Down
platform. Another Black 5 would be kept there for shunting and standby
duties.
Hope this info clarifies. Andy Taylor.
Operations Manager South. West Coast Railways.
I can only offer my congratulations to
all those involved in creating this site. I'm in the process of researching my
first large model-railway layout and I find it wonderfully comprehensive with
regards to information both written and visual. It's a great resource and
enjoyable to peruse just for enjoyment. I especially like the idea of links
along the route to stations and sheds etc.. Do you have anywhere that viewers
can offer contributions to it's upkeep? I'd be happy to donate a few pounds to
this end..
Regards, Kevin Riches
Kevin - Many thanks for both the kind
comments and offer of financial support. Because 'Powweb', who host the site,
do not charge a lot for their hosting service - despite it having more than
6500 pages - I am able to finance the cost myself. However as retirement looms
- possibly enforced within a year after the election as I am a contractor in
the public sector - I might have to look for financial contributions. At the
moment what would help is identifying sources of information and photographs on
the Coventry to Nuneaton line and most routes out of Birmingham towards
Tamworth and Lichfield. Books which contain photographers names and information
on the stations on these routes are very rare indeed. Mike
A superb site, the two Jubilees on
Coventry shed in the 1960s solved a 45 year old mystery for me! Arthur Flowers
and I corresponded in the early 1980s and he kindly sent me copies of his
Birstall photos for exhibition at my library. His and all the rest of the
photographs are excellent.
Ken Wheatley
Ken - I am pleased you like the site and
that its helped to solve a mystery for you. Arthur was a gentlemen of the old
school very helpful to me. For about a year I was fortunate enough to work in
Foleshill near to where he lived and spent many a pleasurable hour listening to
his stories and looking at his photographs. He was taken into care by the
council some years later and I have no idea as to what happened to his
negatives. Someone said his sister might have them but that's speculation. I
thought Pat Whitehouse was going to be the beneficiary but apparently not. At
least some of us have prints as testament to his photography.
The web site links will allow me to
research GWR in the West Midlands. From my first look I'm going to enjoy
this.
Mike Turner
Mike - I hope you make use of the
Bibliography too as there are a number of journals and books that will
help.
Hi, I enjoy your great site, my special
area of interest is the Monument Lane/Harborne Junction part of the Stour
Valley line. I was wondering if you have access to all of Peter Shoesmiths
photos? As he seems to have taken many in this seemingly overlooked area. If
you do have any photographs of this area other than those already posted I
would be grateful if you could let me know on the given email address.
Kind regards Peter Quigley
Peter - I have some of Peter Shoesmith's
photographs but not necessarily of the Monument Lane/Harborne route. I have a
number of interesting photographs yet to upload on the Harbourne Line which I
hope to do soon. I am just completing the Stratford on Avon to Pebworth section
of the GWR's line to Honeybourne after which I will be returning to the
Leamington to Coventry line (just three locations) followed by revisiting the
lines emanating from Birmingham.
Hi Mike - You may or may not be able to
help. My wife's grandfather (Archibald Cook ) was a driver of a LMS train
during WW2 where by acts of bravery driving his train full of munitions he was
awarded the George medal. I have attached the London Gazette with the story for
your perusal (pasted below - Mike). I am in the process of trying to locate
records of this incident, Including which train he was driving at the time, the
route etc. Eventually we would dearly love to obtain a copy of his service
records. So if you can help us with any of the above or put us on to others
that may help we would be appreciated.
The following appeared in the
London Gazette on Friday 18th December 1942
Awarded the George
Medal:— Archibald Cook, Engine Driver, London, Midland and Scottish
Railway Company. George Herbert Simkiss, Fireman, London, Midland and Scottish
Railway Company.
Awarded the British Empire Medal (Civil Division):
— Richard Edward Barrett, Kitchen Porter, Birmingham. George Carter,
Warden, Civil Defence Wardens Service, Birmingham. William Eric Deakin,
Machinist, Birmingham. Henry Jacob Harrison, Length Ganger, London, Midland and
Scottish Railway Company.
Incendiary bombs set fire to a train which
was carrying high explosives. Driver Cook brought it to a standstill but could
not extinguish the flames. He decided to isolate the burning van and, with the
help of Simkiss, uncoupled it and drew the front portion of the train forward.
It was then found that a second vehicle in the rear portion was on fire and
Simkiss isolated this also. Carter, Deakin and Barrett, although they were
warned of the contents of the wagons and understood the danger, rendered every
possible assistance to prevent the fire from spreading. It was eventually
brought under control by the National Fire Service, and it was then found that
boxes of explosive would have to be unloaded. Carter and Deakin helped to pull
open the door of one of the vans.
As it opened, flames and smoke were
emitted from the interior of the truck and Carter, Deakin and Barrett sustained
burns to the face and eyes, and all three had to go to a first aid post. Ganger
Harrison entered another van and threw out boxes on to the line. Whilst so
doing, one of these fell and pinned him down by the leg but, with help, he
freed himself and continued to work until the van was emptied. The lines were
blocked with heaped up boxes of explosive and Harrison, though wet through by
water from the hoses and suffering from an injured leg and burnt hands,
continued to work alone for thirteen hours to clear the lines and allow traffic
to proceed. All the men showed great courage and devotion to duty.
Enemy--^aircraft were operating, a heavy anti-aircraft barrage was in progress
at the time and the men were fully aware of the danger from the explosives to
which they were exposed.
Kind Regards David & Margaret Young
(Maiden name Cook)
David and Margaret. A really wonderful
story of bravery on the home front by people just going about their everyday
business. I will contact a number of people that might be able to help but
hopefully if anyone reading your request can help with any information then if
they send it to me I will certainly forward it on to you. If you do find out
more please let us know as I would love to put your grandfather's story on the
website. Best wishes Mike.
Colin from the Birmingham On-line Forum
replied, 'The incident is recorded in the book Heroes of the Birmingham Air
raids by Michael Minton :- At about 1:45am Thursday 30th July Driver Cook ,
Fireman Simkiss and Guard James Reynolds arrived at goods yard ..proceeding
from Bordesley Junction toward Lawley Street...and shortly after passing
Coventry Road Bridge two wagons were hit by incendiary bombs There follows a
detailed report and includes a picture of Harrison, Cook and Simkiss. It also
mentions that details were taken from the book Heroes of Road and Rail by
George C Curnock'.
I hope the following will be of help.
When I was a boy in the 1940s & 1950s I lived near the
Coventry Loop line. In the 1940s I
lived near the Bell Green good yard and from my bedroom I could watch the
shunting engines working there. I recall there being various 0-6-0s and 0-8-0s,
being used as the main engines. During the war, when Coventry was being
subjected to regular bombings, I remember seeing a train going regularly along
the line with a large anti-aircraft gun mounted on a long flat wagon. I think
it was being used to defend the large factories in the area, (e.g. Alfred
Herbert, Morris Engines, etc.). During the above time I recall that every
lunchtime, a small freight train used to leave the Bell Green yard and head to
Gosford Green yard. On route it would stop at the Morris Engines factory to
shunt wagons into the factory and collect wagons from there. The Morris factory
had a small 0-4-0 diesel to marshal the wagons around the factory. There would
also be a pickup and exchange of wagons at this stop from sidings on the other
side of the main line which were used by the Royal Ordinance factory. Their
factory was about half a mile from the main line and they had a spur line from
the sidings to the factory. There main motive power was provided by a small
0-4-0 steam tank engine. If I recall correctly the line went right through the
factory, across the Stoney Stanton Road, via a level crossing, to a large scrap
yard at Priestly Bridge. I think that the line may have continued to Courtaulds
factory, and perhaps link up with the Coventry – Nuneaton line near
Foleshill Station. After this round of shunting the freight train continued
onto Gosford Green Yard. I am sorry if the above is a bit vague but it is now
my memory trying to drag back events from 60 years ago!
R A Walford
Many thanks for sharing your memories of
both the the war and immediate post-war period, the latter when I was wearing
short trousers. Vague or not they are still very interesting and unless someone
like you commits pen to paper, they will be lost forever. Best wishes Mike
Great website with plenty of foresight.
Keep up the good work it is appreciated.
Patrick O'Sullivan
Many thanks for the excellent site. I
spent many a happy hour on the Trent Valley Line and The Wolverhampton to Rugby
route in the late 1940s and the 1950s and the photographs, some of which I had
never seen before, were a real nostalgia trip. Just one observation regarding
print 'lnwrbw536' taken at Brandon and
Wolston. The locomotive cannot be either Phoenix or Comet, or indeed any of the
rebuilt Patriots, but is one of the Scots as only these had the small footsteps
on the front of the inside cylinder cover. Also, the gap between the top of the
cover and the bottom of the smokebox was less on the Scots than it was on the
other two classes. Hope I have won the 'anorak of the month award, but this is
the way we could recognise a Scot from a distance when we were spotting at
Rugeley TV. Many thanks for the fine site.
Regards Pete Kibble
Many thanks for the corrections to the two
photographs. The photos are in print as being Rebuilds of Jubilees and Patriots
but I cannot blame this error on others as I should have made the same
observations as you did. 'Anoraks' are much abused people today. There is
nothing wrong in trying to get something right for the sake of accuracy which
is how we stop dumbing down to the lowest common dominator. If you see any more
please let me know.
Mike. The unidentified 4-2-2 at Somerset
Road 'mrsr27' on your excellent Warwickshire
Railways site is one of the piston valve 115 series with the distinctive front
end framing (similar to the 60 class 4-4-0s) Nos 126-8/30-1 built in 1899 were
based at sheds on the west road so this engine would be from this batch. The
headlamp code is that used by the Midland for express trains before the
introduction of the RCH codes on 1/2/1903. From the composition of the rolling
stock I would put the date around 1899-1900. I will check through the other
Midland related images to see what I can add.
Peter Witts Information Officer Midland
Railway Society
Peter - Many thanks for the information on
the photograph and your offer to add other information to other photographs on
the website. It all helps to make the website a better resource for
enthusiasts, historians and anyone interested in the railway heritage of the
county which has now long disappeared.
An excellent site with great
contributions both photos and captions. I am particularly interested in north
of Birmingham and would like to see more contributions of Bescot, South
Staffs., Walsall, Cannock Line etc, if possible. Keep up the good work.
Mike Shaw
Mike - Many thanks for the kind comments
on the website. Unfortunately I am going to have to disappoint you regarding
adding more contributions of Bescot, South Staffs., Walsall, Cannock Line etc.
I believe that Great Barr is the last station in Warwickshire nearest to the
area that interests you. I still have several years of work ahead to revisit
sections completed several years ago. They need to be upgraded with larger and
clearer photos and better captions plus I need to add many new photos of other
stations. The task is therefore too great for me to extend the remit of the
website to go beyond the border of the County of Warwickshire.
Hi! Some friends of mine have recently
taken over the Coventry Arms (formerly the Railway Inn) in Rugby Road,
Leamington and have asked me if I could provide any photos or information about
Milverton Station. I have selected 2 nice ones
lnwrwar_stn1405 and
lnwrwar_stn1408 from your site and
would like to know if I could obtain any copies of these two pictures to be
displayed on the wall of the pub. I am quite willing to pay for these and think
it would be nice to obtain permission from the owner of the pictures before we
use them. Can you help in any way? I think this is a wonderful website and
never tire of looking at it. I live in Leamington but work in Alcester and
Stratford so have used the site for research on many occasions.
Thanks - Mick Chapman
Mick - For some reason I haven't recorded
the source of the photographs so I will have to find the postcards to check.
Memory says that they are from Real Photos which I think have been purchased by
one of the Railway Magazine publishers or by the NRM who are much more
expensive compared to the KRM, Lens of Sutton, Roger Carpenter etc. You maybe
interested to know that after I have completed the North Warwickshire line (I
am currently starting Stratford on Avon working southwards) I will be starting
at Warwick Milverton to work my way towards Coventry.
A great site with lots of fantastic
images. I have one very (very) minor bit of useful (useless?) information which
you might want to add. The wooden platform at 'Berkswell and Balsall Common'
was still there and still in use as late as 1984. I don't know if it is still
there. I doubt it. But it was definitely there then, in 1984. I know because I
slipped on it in the freezing fog one night and got a sprain for my trouble!
There's a bit of local history for you...
David Ewing
Great to see the photos of Alcester
station. I can remember going with my father, John, to pick up coal from the
station goods yard in the fifties! Shovelled by hand into sacks!
Ian Fisher
It would seem that the gentleman 2nd from
the right, back row in image 'lnwrrm885'
could very well be my great grandfather Sam(uel) Collier (born 1850). He worked
his way up from the bottom to be a station inspector at Rugby. Due to retire
just before the outbreak of the First World War he was asked to stay on until
the end of hostilities. Eventually dying in the 1920s. There was an obituary in
the Rugby Advertiser and a portrait photo in his inspectors cap. The photo
alongside the previously mentioned one also appears to have him in its midst .
. but a lot younger then! An interesting number of photos and information of
Rugby where I was born and grew up . . now in Australia
Maurice A. Collier
First of all Mike can I please say thank
you. I was born in 1979 and am now 30 years old so I have missed out on all the
memories of railways long since disappeared from the Warwickshire towns,
villages and countryside I thought I knew so well. I grew up in Warwick and now
live in Rugby. I work in Leamington Spa and as part of my job tour the county
every week now trying to spot details from your collection of pictures. If I'm
honest then I've never really had an interest in trains, and the trains are not
the draw, for me, to your web site. Its more of the way of life the railways
had, the buildings that have been lost and trying to plan out the original
locations and routes with Google Earth. I also feel huge disappointment over
the losses Dr Beeching brought to this and other counties. I know it would
never happen but I would love to see all the lost railways re-instated around
Warwickshire in order to ease the traffic on today's roads. I sure it gets
harder and harder to find new material for the website so good luck with that.
Please feel proud that it brings enjoyment to thousands.
Thanks again. - Paul Carey
Paul - Many thanks for giving us the view
of the website from someone too young to have seen steam railways in the
county. I agree with you that railways are more than just the trains. In many
ways it was the infrastructure and social history that attracted me to building
the website.
Fascinating and inspiring! Please keep up
this good work.
Canon Ian Shelton
Thanks for your hard work in putting this
site together. As an Ex Brummie brought up in Tyseley where I was a keen
trainspotter, but living in Bolton, Lancashire since 1957 Your site is a Gold
mine of info as I'm 2 years into building a OO gauge layout based on Tyseley
and Stratford on Avon. I'm now beginning to replace kit buildings by scratch
models to improve accuracy, so your photos are very helpful. Well Done.
Regards Colin
Colin - Thanks for the kind words which
are now in the guest book. You will have noted that currently I am working my
way down from Tyseley to Stratford on Avon station so you will be pleased to
know that I have a lot of photographs to add for Stratford on Avon station
including aerial shots. Did you know that the Stratford on Avon versus
Stratford upon Avon debate is still continued to this day? The district council
is Stratford on Avon whilst the town council is Stratford upon Avon. So in GWR
days you could travel by train to Stratford upon Avon and get off at Stratford
on Avon station and then cross the town to get on the former SMJ now LMS
service at Stratford Old Town.
The Warwickshire website is so good and
so near-definitive I wish we could have similar ones for other counties. If any
web-savvy person wants to do one for any other Midlands county I would be glad
to help with info and research.
Geoffrey Kingscott
Dear Mike. I love exploring your
Warwickshire Railways site and recently looked at your Birmingham Central Goods
Yard photos. It made me recall taking a shot of the offices to the yard in
October 1964 just before they were demolished to make way for the inner ring
road scheme. After much rummaging in the attic I've found it and attach
herewith (see image 'mrcgy691'). On the map
shown on your site you will note there is a little triangle of land at the east
end of Holliday Street where it joins Suffolk Street. The offices were located
on this triangle with roads on all three sides. The building in the background
is the former Central Grammar School then housing the Matthew Boulton Technical
College. I shot the film to record buildings about to be lost with the
redevelopment of the city centre and there are some of New Street Station,
Queens Hotel and Snow Hill (none particularly brilliant) but I will copy and
forward if you would like to see them.
Michael Ellis
I think your website is great. Of special
interest to myself is the information on the North Warwickshire Line as I grew
up in Earlswood, went to school in Henley and college in Stratford in the
1980s. My friend's dad was a train driver on the route and used to let me sit
in the cab if I got on his train, which was awesome! Not sure if you could do
that now though. Thanks for a great informative website.
Nigel Whitehouse
Thanks- love this site- especially the
stuff round Leamington, GWR and LMS as I live in Leamington. Born 1970, these
photos all pre-date me, so some 'then and now' comparisons would be nice!
Steve Baker
Hi Steve. Many thanks for the kind
comments regarding the site. I am afraid that if I added the 'now' aspect to
the site I would not stand a chance of completing the 'then' side of
warwickshirerailways. If you want a 'now' version you should visit Andy
Doherty's http://www.railaroundbirmingham.co.uk/ which provides
modern images of most of the stations on this site as well adding others from
the north of the West Midlands.
Good morning I am interested in
purchasing a book which explains the origins and the demise of the railway
lines/stations around the Rugby/Warwickshire area before/after Dr Beeching
closed them down in the 1960s e.g. The Great Central Railways now a nature
reserve where people walk/cycle/walk their dogs.. I wonder if you could point
me in the right direction for the above? Many thanks in advance.
Patricia Boyd
Patricia - Your timing is absolutely
perfect as I have recently received a copy of Geoffrey Kingscott's book 'Lost
Railways of Warwickshire' published by Countryside Books (ISBN
976-1-84674-174-6) and retailed at £11.99.
Part of the 'Lost Railway
Series' its Geoffrey's fourth book in the series and despite his fulsome credit
to www.warwickshirerailways.com I had very little involvement in this
invaluable source of information. Its a perfect compliment to my website
because Geoffrey's book is not the normal 'before and after' photo format
frequently seen, its a well researched book that provides a good understanding
of the development of each route and the stations along the line.
My only
complaint is that publisher was too narrow in their definition of the county of
Warwickshire so we have another book covering the parts of Warwickshire
swallowed up by the now defunct county of West Midlands. This book 'Lost
Railways of Birmingham & The West Midlands' is written by Terry Moors
(ISBN: 9781846741098) and retails at £10.99. I have yet to see a copy of
Terry Moors' book.
If you visit their website
www.countrysidebooks.co.uk, the discount they offer on
their on-line orders can cover the cost of post and packing if the two books
are purchased.
I have just visited your website. I have
recently bought the Colour-Rail business
mentioned on the site and thus the contact details have changed. We also now
have B&W material back to 1900 and sell prints and downloads as well as
slides.
Paul Chancellor
Paul - May I wish you all the success for
the future as your taking over the Colour Rail business ensures that this
invaluable resource is still available. What I really like now is that I can
peruse your website and see what I am buying rather than hope a description
accurately portrays the composition of the image. The fact that you also supply
black and white photographs and other subjects too makes it a real bonus.
Congratulations on an excellent and
interesting website. As a Coventry kid who spent his formative years alongside
the Coventry to Nuneaton line may I be permitted to make some observations
about two of the photographs featuring Coventry shed. Image 'lnwrcov654' is of, I believe, No 40002 and not
No 40032 as stated in the text. Fowler 3MT No 40032 was fitted with condensing
equipment and spent most of its' BR life at Kentish Town. The locomotive in the
picture is not fitted with the equipment and No 40002, which was never fitted,
was a Warwick locomotive in early BR days. May I also point out that image 'lnwrcov659' which shows locomotive No 48526
inside Coventry shed may have been taken at Rugby and not Coventry as the
caption suggests. Keep up the good work.
Best regards, Phil King
Phil - Many thanks for the kind comments.
Upon closer examination of the two photographs I can confirm that you are
indeed correct on both accounts. I have corrected the description of No 40002
and have moved No 48526 to the Rugby shed pages.
I was very interested to find this site
as my grandfather, Mr E Kilby, was Stationmaster at Studley for many years, my
mother grew up in the station house. I have a couple of pictures of the station
while he was active, and as a child, spent many hours with Grampy Kilby on the
allotments that used to be on the embankment. Further history of my family is
that my Grandfather on my Fathers side was the carpenter at Coughton Court,
where my father grew up.
Best regards Mike Boote
I am an amatuer film maker, making a film
of the Market Harborough to Northampton railway. I have located a photograph of
Lamport Station in a book and it is credited to 'Lens of Sutton' but I cannot
locate it on your site. Is this (or any other pictures of this line)
available.
Thanks - Colin Sullivan
Colin - Lampton does not fall within the
county of Warwickshire so its not on my website. Your best bet is to contact
Lens of Sutton or
Roger Carpenter as they will have access to
the photograph you require and possibly others of the station. Best of luck
with the film. Regards Mike
Found your pages on Stonebridge Railway
very interesting, having walked part of route. Your website is excellent. You
mention a bridge failure at 'Packwood' on the
Hampton in Arden station page.
I believe this should read 'Packington'. Packwood is several miles away near
Dorridge/Hockley Heath.
Noel Kemp
Hi Noel - Many thanks for spotting the
typo it should have said Packington.
A wonderful website, and one I visit
regularly - many thanks. I would like to advise a small error in one of the
captions, as follows: Under LMS, Trent Valley Railway. in Part 3 of the
Lineside views, the third photo by G Coltas, ref: 'lnwr tt1218'. The caption reads Town Thoms as
a location, but should read Town Thorns cutting. Again many thanks for hours of
pleasure.
Roger Clemons
Hi Roger - Many thanks for your kind
comments and for pointing out my error. I obviously read the 'r and n' as a 'm'
on the reverse of the photograph.
Mike. Thanks for the photos on the Snow
Hill page. There are photographs which I have never seen many examples of
before such as the 3900 class and some of the 4-4-0s.
Peter A Montarlot
Excellent site and photos! However one
small quibble. Hawthorns Halt was not one of the original stations along
the line to Wolverhampton as it was opened on 25th December 1931. And no, this
is not a mistake! At that time football matches were played on Christmas Day
and some trains ran. As the whole purpose of the Hawthorns Halt was to cater
for match day traffic, and as West Bromwich played Birmingham City that day, it
makes sense. (The return match was on Boxing Day) I do wonder though, how many
other stations opened on the 25th December? Information from Main Line to
Metro, by John Boynton, Mid England Publishing
Tony Martin
Thanks Tony for pointing out my mistake
which I had taken from a book on Snow Hill. Its now been deleted from the list
of statioons opened with the line to Wolverhampton.
Excellent website.It brings the memories
all flooding back. PS On the Snow Hill section photo gwrbsh1246 is wronly
captioned.
Dave Hands
Dave - Many thanks for pointing out my
error (I had left the previous photos caption on the thumnail) and for your
kind words.
Hello Mike, I for one appreciate your
efforts to bring such decent pictures to a wider audience, please continue.
Thank you, Graham Beare
For a historian of canal and railway
goods traffic this website is wonderful because it looks at the whole life of
the railway. Many sites focus on locos or prestige trains, or on individual
wagons. This one sees the railway in the round and is very well presented. A
good innovation would be to enable all the photos of a particular location to
be viewed sequentially instead of having to go back to select the next
shot.
Richard Simmons
Thanks for all your hard work, mike. Your
site is a treasure!
Kester Eddy
Hello Mike, Your site is the best I've
seen. A really good effort of research and planning and dedication. It is very
kind of you to devote so much time to your Warwickshire Archive. I think that
the crediting of DS Barrie for some of the Shipston-on-Stour branch
pictures is an error - they were supplied by me and were from Dr. Jack
Hollick's negatives. All those marked DS Barrie should be credited to
Dr or J Hollick. I have three views of 46251 at Snow Hill in June 1964 -
are these of interest to you? I can also provide some views of the Warwickshire
SMJ including Fenny, EHLR, Stratford and Broom Junction. I have views of the
signalling at Leamington north end but towards the end - horrible LMR signals I
think I have a view of the Great Alne station from the road approach, Lilbourne
appears to be in Warwickshire - just.
Best wishes. Adrian Vaughan
Extremely good website. Particularly
interested in pictures of the old Coventry station. Brought back memories.
Paul Waters
Mr Musson: Your warwickshirerailways
website incorporates a splendid selection of very fine photographs. Thank you
for making it available to a huge audience. May I question the text
accompanying photograph 'gwrs1017' (part of
your Solihull collection), which you say shows a train on the up slow line. If
my memory is correct, the picture will have been taken from Streetsbrook Road
bridge, looking towards Leamington. The fast lines are on the left and the slow
on the right. The train is therefore on a fast line. I hope that my observation
is correct and helpful to you.
Regards John Greenway Billericay,
Essex
Many thanks for the kind comments and the
correction to the caption which is now updated. Observations such as your helps
to ensure that the website is as accurate as possible. If you see any others or
can add to the text please do not hesitate to let me know. My knowledge of most
lines in the county are very limited so I rely on others to flesh out my brief
descriptions.
A splendid and enjoyable site and a good
source for reference. Photo's bring back a flood of good memories. I plan to
model the North Warwickshire Line at Shirley. I had track plans of Shirley
& Hall Green but they have been lost or mislaid so my search goes on.
Robert Hall
Enjoyed the nostalgia as I was a fireman
at Monument Lane between 1956 to 1959 after which I then moved to Saltley where
I remained until 1993.
Frank J Carter
What a superb site which has brought back
many memories and pictures of some of Aston shed's 'Black 5s'.
Paul Underwood
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