Postcards - Page 2

The GWR's Wootton Wawen 'platform' - GWR synonym for a cross between a fully-staffed station and a halt - between Wilmcote and Henley-in-Arden in 1908 looking towards Birmingham and the Wawensmere Road bridge.

An early 20th Centruy shot of the LNWR's Berkswell station from Station Road level crossing looking towards Birmingham. The station today is electrified and hosts Coventry to Wolverhampton services.

A great undated postcard (presumably early-20th Century) showing Gravelly Hill station looking positively rural!

Again undated, a very early 'Valentine's Series' postcard shot of Birmingham New Street showing great detail of the overall roof and footbridge (compare this to the present day).

An interesting early-1900s shot of Erdington station looking towards Sutton Coldfield. Note the different waiting points for the various travel classes!

An early 20th Century shot of the Great Western Hotel that fronted the old Snow Hill station: the archway in the middle being the station entrance.

A 1903 postcard showing New Street station pre major redesign works by the Luftwaffe and British Rail with the former responsible for the removal of the overall roof and the latter responsible for the removal of all semblance of character!

An undated photograph showing the Birmingham platform of Dudley Port high level station before it too was sapped of anything of interest by British Rail.

This undated postcard shows GWR City Class 3434 'City of Birmingham' loco (not to be confused with 46235 LMS Coronation Class 4-6-2 loco of the same name preserved at Thinktank, Millennium Point) built 1903 and withdrawn 1930.

This colour postcard shows 0-4-0T 'Cadbury 1' which plied its trade on Cadbury's Bournville works railway between 1925 and 1963 when it moved into preservation at the Dowty Railway Preservation Society's Aschurch depot and now resides at Tyseley Locomotive Works.

Introduced in a blaze of publicity in the 1980s, Maglev (magnetic levitation propulsion) was introduced as a shuttle between Birmingham International station and Airport. Spiralling maintenance costs and unreliability led to its demise in 1995.

Quite a rare postcard, postmarked 31 Jan 1908, showing the long-demised Midland Railway station at Moseley in South Birmingham looking towards the City. Of particular interest is the road bridge ahead carrying Woodbridge Road - named after the original wooden bridge seen here!