LMS Routes

Section under development.

Currently the following routes and locations are populated:

The Evesham to Birmingham line, the Trent Valley line, the Weedon branch, Rugby to Leamington, Coventry to Leamington, Nuneaton to Birmingham and most of the Rugby to Birmingham route. Four sheds have also been added - Coventry, Nuneaton, Rugby and Warwick (Milverton).

To check how far we have progressed look for the number of photos given against each station.

Can you help? Could you write a more detailed caption to the photographs or provide information on the LNWR/MR/SMJ/LMS/BR (MR) in Warwickshire? We have initially concentrated on providing photographs which with over three and half thousand images is taking some time. We have only provided basic captions at this point because of the amount of time required to fully research the subject shown.

The LMS home page(s) is intended to provide generic information on the various routes within the county. The subsequent and separate pages on the stations, sheds or locations will provide captioned photos and details relevant to the site. As we are sure you will appreciate our knowledge in some areas is a little thin because the subject matter may not reflect our personal interest.

Whilst we have a fairly good coverage of most of the LMS stations etc. within the county there are one or two holes where assistance would be very welcome. In addition, the more photographs the better as rarely do we have sufficent photographic evidence recoding all of a subject's numerous features or from differing angles. We should not forget too that we are trying to capture the photographic history of the station etc many of which are at least 100 years old. We will post a list of stations where either the current image post dates 1968, our notional cut off date, or where the photographs are poor quality or none have been located.

Useful information would include dates when routes, stations and sheds were opened, closed or were rebuilt or had a change of name. Events, shed allocations together with details of the locomotives shown including the date built and scrapped along with personal experiences and historical notes will all add to the value of the site and to the knowledge of the reader.

Contributions and comments are best sent by email (NOT as an attachment but within the email's text area to prevent viruses) so that we can "cut and paste" your contribution directly into the site. If providing specific information on a photograph please quote the image reference (e.g. Coventry Station, gwrfc82, lnwra19, miscfr006 etc.) for each item of information provided because, as will be appreciated with over one thousand images, it will make our job easier to identify the file.

Please forward your contribution or comments to info@warwickshirerailways.com. All contributors will be acknowledged at the appropriate place within the site.

Select a route from the list on the left to continue.