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Birmingham New Street Station - Part Six

New Street Station Part One (30) New Street Station Part Two (30) New Street Station Part Three (30)
New Street Station Part Four (30) New Street Station Part Five (30) New Street Station Part Six (28)
Pre-grouping Period Locomotives (54) LMS Period Locomotives (65) BR Period Locomotives (131)

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Looking towards the Queen's Hotel on the right from the West end of Stephenson Street showing the new 1917 built main frontage
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R Foster
Looking towards the Queen's Hotel on the right from the West end of Stephenson Street showing the new 1917 built main frontage		 A post-Second World War view showing the Queen's hotel and New Street station's entrance accessed from Stephenson Street
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A post-Second World War view showing the Queen's hotel and New Street station's entrance accessed from Stephenson Street		 View of the new clock provided above the passenger entrance to New Street station from the Queen's Hotel in Stephenson Place
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Anon
View of the new clock provided above the passenger entrance to New Street station from the Queen's Hotel in Stephenson Place		 View of one of New Street station's colour lights controlling departures from the West end of the station installed after the removal of the roof
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DJ Norton
View of one of New Street station's colour lights controlling departures from the West end of the station installed after the removal of the roof

View looking towards Coventry of New Street station's centre lantern light and ventilation section being removed in 1945
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British Railways
View looking towards Coventry of New Street station's centre lantern light and ventilation section being removed in 1945		 View of the travelling gantry in action over Platforms 4 and 5 deployed to assist in the safe demolition of Cowper's great roof
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L&GRP
View of the travelling gantry in action over Platforms 4 and 5 deployed to assist in the safe demolition of Cowper's great roof		 Looking towards Wolverhampton showing the erection of the temporary roof above the West end of Platforms 2A and 3
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Real Photos
Looking towards Wolverhampton showing the erection of the temporary roof above the West end of Platforms 2A and 3		 View from the former LNWR parcels sidings located at the East end of New Street station showing the final stages of the removal of Cowpers magnificent roof
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L&GRP
View from the former LNWR parcels sidings located at the East end of New Street station showing the final stages of the removal of Cowpers magnificent roof

Looking West along Platform 3 showing the final stages of the removal of the last two steel trusses of Cowper's great roof
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L&GRP
Looking West along Platform 3 showing the final stages of the removal of the last two steel trusses of Cowper's great roof		 LMS railway photo
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DJ Norton
Looking West along Platform 1 towards New Street No 5 Signal Box during the construction of the new station on 2nd April 1964		 Looking East from beneath Hill Street bridge along Platform 1 with the Queen's Hotel towering above the station on 2nd April 1964
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DJ Norton
Looking East from beneath Hill Street bridge along Platform 1 with the Queen's Hotel towering above the station on 2nd April 1964		 Looking West from the end of Platform 8 towards the bridge carrying the junction of Hill Street, John Bright Street and Navigation Street
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DJ Norton
Looking West from the end of Platform 8 towards the bridge carrying the junction of Hill Street, John Bright Street and Navigation Street

Looking East from the West end of Platform 10 with the soon to be demolished passenger footbridge over Queens Drive in the middle distance
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DJ Norton
Looking East from the West end of Platform 10 with the soon to be demolished passenger footbridge over Queens Drive in the middle distance		 Looking East from Navigation Street bridge towards the station with LNWR section still insitu with a temporary footbridge in the foreground
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DJ Norton
Looking East from Navigation Street bridge towards the station with LNWR section still insitu with a temporary footbridge in the foreground		 Looking West towards New Street No 5 Signal Box with New Street's new Power Box seen above Navigation Street bridge on 22nd May 1965
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DJ Norton
Looking West towards New Street No 5 Signal Box with New Street's new Power Box seen above Navigation Street bridge on 22nd May 1965		 Looking West from the end of the newly constructed Platform 10 whilst above the new bridge carrying Hill Street seen above on 22nd May 1965
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DJ Norton
Looking West from the end of the newly constructed Platform 10 whilst above the new bridge carrying Hill Street seen above on 22nd May 1965

Looking from Queens Drive through the remains of the passenger footbridge and across the Eastern end of the LNWR portion of New Street station
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BWL Brooksbank
Looking from Queens Drive through the remains of the passenger footbridge and across the Eastern end of the LNWR portion of New Street station		 An elevated view of the demolition of the main station building on Midland portion of New Street station with Rotunda rising in the background
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Birmingham Post & Mail
An elevated view of the demolition of the main station building on Midland portion of New Street station with Rotunda rising in the background		 Looking East along Platform One in November 1965 whilst opposite Platform Three the erection of the new station continues apace
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Birmingham Post & Mail
Looking East along Platform One in November 1965 whilst opposite Platform Three the erection of the new station continues apace		 Looking West of the final stages of the demolition of the original 1854 station with the Queen's Hotel on the right still towering over the station
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British Rail
Looking West of the final stages of the demolition of the original 1854 station with the Queen's Hotel on the right still towering over the station

A birds eye view of the rebuilding of the station at the East end of New Street with on the right the remains of Platform One
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British Rai
A birds eye view of the rebuilding of the station at the East end of New Street with on the right the remains of Platform One		 Looking West along the newly built Platform 12 from the Coventry end of the station whilst a DMU can be seen arriving at Platform 11 on 22nd May 1965
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DJ Norton
Looking West along the newly built Platform 12 from the Coventry end of the station whilst a DMU can be seen arriving at Platform 11 on 22nd May 1965		 View of the layout of the original station showing the Queen's hotel at the bottom and Great Queen's Street at the top
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Ordance Survey
View of the layout of the original station showing the Queen's hotel at the bottom and Great Queen's Street at the top		 Close up showing the access to the spare carriage sidings and the horse & carriage landing on the East side of the station
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Ordance Survey
Close up showing the access to the spare carriage sidings and the horse & carriage landing on the East side of the station

Close up showing the West side of the original station with the turntable located next to the approach to the tunnel to Wolverhampton
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Ordance Survey
Close up showing the West side of the original station with the turntable located next to the approach to the tunnel to Wolverhampton		 A 1950 view of the layout of the enlarged station with the Midland portion at the bottom and the turntable at the West end of the station
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M Hitches
A 1950 view of the layout of the enlarged station with the Midland portion at the bottom and the turntable at the West end of the station		 Close up of the 1950 layout showing the West end of the station trackwork and No 5 Signal Box and the adjacent turntable
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M Hitches
Close up of the 1950 layout showing the West end of the station trackwork and No 5 Signal Box and the adjacent turntable		 Close up of the 1950 plan showing the revised platform layout which was adopted before the station opened in 1854
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M Hitches
Close up of the 1950 plan showing the revised platform layout which was adopted before the station opened in 1854

Close up of the 1950 plan showing the Midland Railway's station offices and platform layout complete with its notorious fish sidings
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M Hitches
Close up of the 1950 plan showing the Midland Railway's station offices and platform layout complete with its notorious fish sidings

New Street Station Part One (30) New Street Station Part Two (30) New Street Station Part Three (30)
New Street Station Part Four (30) New Street Station Part Five (30) New Street Station Part Six (28)
Pre-grouping Period Locomotives (54) LMS Period Locomotives (65) BR Period Locomotives (131)