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Hampton to Whitacre Lineside Views

LMS Route: Hampton in Arden to Whitacre

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B&DJR Announcement of the opening of the railway between Birmingham and Derby via Hampton
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R Waring
B&DJR Announcement of the opening of the railway between Birmingham and Derby via Hampton		 An 1840 B&DJR timetable of trains from Derby to Birmingham and London via Hampton
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R Waring
An 1840 B&DJR timetable of trains from Derby to Birmingham and London via Hampton		 A Midland Railway Notice dated April 26th 1855 barring the keeping of Poultry, Pigs and other animals at Stations
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Birmingham Reference Library
A Midland Railway Notice dated April 26th 1855 barring the keeping of Poultry, Pigs and other animals at Stations		 A Midland Railway Order stating that an Exhibition of Fare Tables for Passengers must now be displayed at stations
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Birmingham Reference Library
A MR Order stating that an Exhibition of Fare Tables for Passengers must now be displayed at stations

A table of revenue from 1872 to 1922 for the Midland Railway stations at Whitacre, Coleshill and Hampton
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A table of revenue from 1872 to 1922 for the Midland Railway stations at Whitacre, Coleshill and Hampton		 Looking south from Bridge No 1 with the Whitacre distant signal just visible beyond Coleshill Road bridge
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RS Carpenter
Looking south from Bridge No 1 with the Whitacre distant signal just visible beyond Coleshill Road bridge		 Bridge No 6 - one of the river bridges built with timber - looking towards Coleshill with Hampton beyond
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JM Ryan
Bridge No 6 - one of the river bridges built with timber - looking towards Coleshill with Hampton beyond		 Bridge No 6 - A 1963 view showing the piers built to carry a double track bridge across the River Blythe
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TH Messenger
Bridge No 6 - A 1963 view showing the piers built to carry a double track bridge across the River Blythe

Bridge No 8 - Looking towards Whitacre with Coleshill station just beyond the curve as seen on 24th September 1920
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RS Carepenter
Bridge No 8 - Looking towards Whitacre with Coleshill station just beyond the curve as seen on 24th September 1920		 Bridge No 8 - The handsome skewed bridge still used as an occupation bridge for animals etc as seen in 1963
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TH Messenger
Bridge No 8 - The handsome skewed bridge still used as an occupation bridge for animals etc as seen in 1963		 Looking from Bridge No 8 towards Whitacre with Bridge No 9 carrying the railway over the river in the middle distance
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RS Carpenter
Looking from Bridge No 8 to Whitacre with Bridge No 9 carrying the railway over the river in the middle distance		 Bridge No 9 - View of the timber bridge carrying the line over the River Blythe as seen on 24th September
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RS Carepenter
Bridge No 9 - View of the timber bridge carrying the line over the River Blythe as seen on 24th September

Bridge No 9 - The remains of the timber built bridge as viewed from the northern abutments in 1951
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TH Messenger
Bridge No 9 - The remains of the timber built bridge as viewed from the northern abutments in 1951		 Bridge No 12 - The timber supports and tressles are all that remain of the timber bridge as seen in 1951
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TH Messenger
Bridge No 12 - The timber supports and tressles are all that remain of the timber bridge as seen in 1951		 Bridge No 13 - Looking towards Whitacre as the line curves to the left as it passes Hawkeswell Farm in 1920
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RS Carpenter
Bridge No 13 - Looking towards Whitacre as the line curves to the left as it passes Hawkeswell Farm in 1920		 Bridge No 16 - Looking towards Whitacre in 1920 some fifteen years before it failed causing the line to close for good
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RS Carpenter
Bridge No 16 - Facing Whitacre in 1920 some fifteen years before it failed causing the line to close for good

Bridge No 16 - A 1948 view of the timber tressles now stripped of the parapet with the track lifted on either side
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ES Tonks
Bridge No 16 - A 1948 view of the timber tressles now stripped of the parapet with the track lifted on either side		 Bridge No 17 - Looking north showing some of the hundred and eighty crippled wagons stored on the branch in 1949
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NRM
Bridge No 17 - Looking north showing some of the hundred and eighty crippled wagons stored on the branch in 1949		 An unidentified MR 3F 0-6-0 is seen at the head of the Whitacre to Hampton goods train as it approaches Packington road over bridge
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NRM
Bridge No 18 - An unidentified MR 3F 0-6-0 is seen at the head of the Whitacre to Hampton goods train		 Bridge No 21A - A non-railway bridge, erected in Packington Park as a substitute for an estate bridge in 1954
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RS Carpenter
Bridge No 21A - A non-railway bridge, erected in Packington Park as a substitute for an estate bridge in 1954

Bridge No 12 - Looking towards Coleshill with a single wagon standing on Packington's siding in 1920
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RS Carpenter
Bridge No 22 - Looking towards Coleshill with a single wagon standing on Packington's siding in 1920		 Bridge No 22 - Looking through Chester Rd bridge to Packington sidings which has one wagon stabled on it
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NRM
Bridge No 22 - Looking through Chester Rd bridge to Packington sidings which has one wagon stabled on it		 Bridge No 22 - Looking south towards Hampton as the line curves towards Bickenhill and the Coventry Road
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RS Carpenter
Bridge No 22 - Looking south towards Hampton as the line curves towards Bickenhill and the Coventry Road		 Bridge no 22 - View showing the span of the bridge carrying the Chester Road has been reduced by 1956
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JM Ryan
Bridge no 22 - View showing the span of the bridge carrying the Chester Road has been reduced by 1956

Bridge No 22 - A 1956 view of crippled wagons and covered vans stored on a siding adjacent to the Chester Road
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JM Ryan
Bridge No 22 - A 1956 view of crippled wagons and covered vans stored on a siding adjacent to the Chester Road		 Close up showing a Victorian four-wheeled coach probably once used for storage and mess purposes
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NRM
Bridge No 22 - The end of the track at the Chester Road bridge which formed a long siding from Hampton		 View facing Hampton in 1956 showing the buffer stop which formed the end of the long siding from Hampton
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JM Ryan
View facing Hampton in 1956 showing the buffer stop which formed the end of the long siding from Hampton		 Bridge No 24 - Looking towards Coleshill from the bridge carrying Coventry Road over the railway in 1921
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RS Carpenter
Bridge No 24 - Looking towards Coleshill from the bridge carrying Coventry Road over the railway in 1921

Bridge No 24 - Looking to Hampton from the bridge carrying the A45 or Coventry Road over the railway
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P Hopkins
Bridge No 24 - Looking to Hampton from the bridge carrying the A45 or Coventry Road over the railway		 Bridge No 25 - Looking towards Hampton from the occupation bridge used by farmers to cross the railway
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RS Carpenter
Bridge No 25 - Looking towards Hampton from the occupation bridge used by farmers to cross the railway		 Bridge No 25 - Looking to Whitacre with the Hampton Distant signal on the left as seen on 1st April 1921
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RS Carpenter
Bridge No 25 - Looking to Whitacre with the Hampton Distant signal on the left as seen on 1st April 1921		 A 1951 view of the 4¼ Mile Post at a point later to be occupied by a gas processing plant
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L Ellis
A 1951 view of the 4¼ Mile Post at a point later to be occupied by a gas processing plant

A mile post sign mounted on top of some early Victorian rail near Coleshill station on 8th July 1951
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JM Ryan
A mile post sign mounted on top of some early Victorian rail near Coleshill station on 8th July 1951		 British Railways built 2MT 2-6-0 No 46446 at the head of the last proper train to work the branch in 1951
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L Ellis
British Railways built 2MT 2-6-0 No 46446 at the head of the last proper train to work the branch in 1951