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Rails South West From Birmingham in the Late 20th Century, 1972-2000  
Author(s): Peter J Green
Published by Pen and Sword
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ISBN: 9781399058902
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Towards the end of the twentieth century, take a photographic journey along the railway lines to the southwest and south of Birmingham. Starting at Birmingham's main stations, New Street and Snow Hill in the centre of the city, you can travel from the West Midlands through the urban, industrial, and rural landscapes of the counties of Gloucestershire, Herefordshire, Warwickshire and Worcestershire, visiting the branch lines and the various heritage railways and railway centres along the way. As well as the diesel locomotives and railcars that are illustrated in most of the photographs, various steam-hauled special trains are also included. While the railway has gradually improved as a means of transport, for the author it has become increasingly less interesting as it has been modernised. Fortunately, the spectacle of 'Peaks', Class 50s and many other locomotives going about their daily business has been well recorded, and many scenes are captured in these pages. Much railway infrastructure still remained at this time and many older railway stations and mechanical signal boxes, with their associated semaphore signalling, are also featured, adding to the interest of many of the photographs.
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Towards the end of the twentieth century, take a photographic journey along the railway lines to the southwest and south of Birmingham. Starting at Birmingham's main stations, New Street and Snow Hill in the centre of the city, you can travel from the West Midlands through the urban, industrial, and rural landscapes of the counties of Gloucestershire, Herefordshire, Warwickshire and Worcestershire, visiting the branch lines and the various heritage railways and railway centres along the way. As well as the diesel locomotives and railcars that are illustrated in most of the photographs, various steam-hauled special trains are also included. While the railway has gradually improved as a means of transport, for the author it has become increasingly less interesting as it has been modernised. Fortunately, the spectacle of 'Peaks', Class 50s and many other locomotives going about their daily business has been well recorded, and many scenes are captured in these pages. Much railway infrastructure still remained at this time and many older railway stations and mechanical signal boxes, with their associated semaphore signalling, are also featured, adding to the interest of many of the photographs.
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  • Cover
  • Title
  • Copyright
  • Contents
  • Introduction
  • Acknowledgements
  • Maps
  • Birmingham New Street to Smethwick West
  • Birmingham Snow Hill to Smethwick West
  • Langley Green to Stourbridge Junction
  • Stourbridge Junction to Stourbridge Town
  • Stourbridge Junction to Round Oak and Pensnett
  • Stourbridge Junction to Hartlebury
  • Around Stourport
  • Hartlebury to Droitwich Spa
  • Birmingham New Street to Kings Norton via Five Ways
  • Birmingham New Street to Kings Norton via the Camp Hill Line
  • Kings Norton to Barnt Green
  • Barnt Green to Redditch
  • Barnt Green to Stoke Works Junction
  • Stoke Works Junction to Abbotswood Junction via Worcester Shrub Hill
  • Stoke Works Junction to Gloucester via Spetchley and Abbotswood Junction
  • Worcester Shrub Hill to Moreton-in-Marsh
  • Worcester Shrub Hill to Hereford
  • Steam on the Main Line
  • HERITAGE RAILWAYS AND RAILWAY CENTRES
  • The Dowty Railway Centre
  • The Bromyard and Linton Light Railway
  • The Gloucestershire Warwickshire Steam Railway
  • The Severn Valley Railway
  • Bibliography
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