Birmingham Snow Hill Station: GWR Locomotives

GWR Route: Banbury to Wolverhampton

GWR Route: North Warwickshire Line

Locomotives up to 1922:

Ref: gwrbsh52 Warwick Records Office GWR 4-4-0 Bulldog class No 3340 Marazion is seen standing at the North end of the up platform

Ref: gwrbsh60 Warwick Records Office GWR 2-2-2 Dean Single No 999 'Sir Alexander' stands on the centre up road at the North end the station

Ref: gwrbsh61 LGRP GWR 0-4-2T Class 517 No 566 shunts stock on the up middle road at the South end of Snow Hill station

Ref: gwrbsh1197 VR Webster GWR 2-2-2 'Gooch Single' No 74 is seen standing on the up middle through road at the South end of Snow Hill station

Ref: gwrbsh1195 HMRS 322 GWR 0-6-0 No 351, a class 322 design, is seen standing at the up platform at the South end of Snow Hill station

Ref: gwrbsh1199 VR Webster GWR 0-4-2T No 517, founder member of the class, is seen standing bunker first on the up middle through road

Ref: gwrbsh1196 KRM A pair of unknown GWR 4-2-2 'Achilles' class locomotives are seen at the head of a down express for Wolverhampton

Ref: gwrbsh1198 AU Zimmerman GWR 4-2-2 'Dean Single' No 3035 'Beaufort' stands at the head of a down express to Wolverhampton

Ref: gwrbsh1202 Anon GWR 2-2-2 'Queen' class No 1132 'Prince of Wales' stands at the North end of the down platform on an express

Ref: gwrbsh1203 Anon Ex-West Midlands Railway 2-4-0 No 197 is seen standing at the North end of Snow Hill station on the up platform

Ref: gwrbsh1201 RS Carpenter An unidentified GWR 2-6-2T 39xx class locomotive passes Snow Hill's North Signal Box on an up local passenger train

Ref: gwrbsh59 LGRP GWR 4-4-0 No 3800 'County of Middlesex' stands at Platform 7 on an up express train in April 1914

Ref: gwrbsh53 WL Good GWR 4-4-0 No 4142 Brisbane is being oiled as it stands in Platform 4 whilst at the head of a down local service

Ref: gwrbsh54 WL Good GWR 4-4-2 No 104 Alliance is in original condition standing at Platform 7 on an up express service to Paddington

Ref: gwrbsh55 WL Good GWR 0-6-0 No 2309 'Dean Goods' stands on the centre up through road whilst waiting for the right of way

Ref: gwrbsh56 LGRP GWR 2-4-0T 'Metro Tank' No 460 is seen in half-cab form whilst whilst simmering and standing at Platform 3

Ref: gwrbsh57 LGRP GWR 4-4-0 No 4120 'Atbara' is probably acting as station pilot when seen shunting stock at Snow Hill station

Ref: gwrbsh58 WL Good GWR 4-4-0 Flower class No 4151 'Calceolaria' stands light engine on the up through road in April 1921

Ref: gwrbsh1194 British Railways GWR 4-4-0 County class No 3828 'County of Hereford' arrives at Platform 7 and 8 with an up express service

Ref: gwrbsh1749 Great Western Railway GWR 4-6-0 class No 4036 ‘Queen Elizabeth’ at platform No 7 with a two hour up express for Paddington

Ref: gwrbsh1748 Anon Ex-West Midland Railway 2-4-0 ‘106’ class No 111, as GWR 2-4-0 ‘Q’ class No 201, stopped on the track

Ref: gwrbsh1185 RS Carpenter GWR 4-4-0 Badmington class No 3294 'Blenheim' is seen at the head of a down express at Platform 6

Ref: gwrbsh1754 HW Burman Great Western Railway 1016 class 0-6-0PT No 1047 at platform No 6 with a down local on 9th July 1912

Ref: gwrbsh1757 H.W. Burman GWR 4-4-0 No 3402 ‘Halifax’ with a class ‘B’ local passenger train on the centre down road 9th July 1912

Ref: gwrbsh1782 Anon GWR 2-4-0 No 3226 passing the original Birmingham North Signal box with an up suburban passenger train

Ref: gwrbsh1783 Anon GWR 2-4-0 No 1010 stands at the end of the up side bay platforms next to the original Birmingham North Signal Box

Ref: gwrbsh1791 Anon GWR 39xx class 2-6-2T No 3916 on the up through main line at the south end of Snow Hill Station in 1909

Ref: gwrbsh1767 HW Burman Great Western Railway 4-6-0 No 4023 'King George' waits alongside the No 4 bay platform on 9th July 1912

GWR Locomotives 1923 to 1948

Ref: gwrbsh42 L Hanson GWR 4-6-0 Saint class No 2981 'Ivanhoe' runs light engine through Snow Hill station on 4th July 1936

Ref: gwrbsh43 L Hanson GWR 4-4-0 No 3717 'City of Truro' in Platform 3 bay waiting to pilot an express train forward to the north

Ref: gwrbsh44 WL Good GWR 4-6-0 Hall class No 4936 'Kinlet Hall' is seen on an up express service to Paddington as it enters Snow Hill station

Ref: gwrbsh45 L Hanson GWR 4-6-0 No 4073 'Stokesay Castle' at the head of an up express service arriving at Platform 8 on 4th July 1936

Ref: gwrbsh46 L Hanson GWR 2-6-2T 'Large Prairie' No 5162 on a down parcels train approacheing Snow Hill's North Signal Box on 5th June 1937

Ref: gwrbsh47 L Hanson GWR 4-4-0 No 3442 ‘Bullfinch’ on an up train of four 3,000 gallon milk tank wagons and a passenger brake

Ref: gwrbsh48 L Hanson GWR 2-6-2T No 5100 acting as station pilot when on the down through road at the North end of Snow Hill station

Ref: gwrbsh49 AW Flowers GWR large prairie 5101 class 2-6-2T No 5102 waiting with some clerestory coach stock on the up main line

Ref: gwrbsh50 L Hanson GWR 4-6-0 No 2975 'Lord Palmer' stands light engine fully coaled to take forward an express forward to Paddington

Ref: gwrbsh51 L Hanson GWR 0-6-0PT No 9788, on pilot duties, stands at the North end of the down through road on 16th April 1938

Ref: gwrbsh1693 MF Yarwood Great Western Railway 4-6-0 40xx (Star) class No 4058 Princess Augusta entering Snow Hill Up Platform No 7

Ref: gwrbsh1288 WL Good GWR 4-4-0 No 3529 arrives ready to take forward a local stopping train to Hartlebury and Severn Valley

Ref: gwrbsh1229 RS Carpenter GWR 4-6-0 No 4079 'Pendennis Castle' pilots GWR 4-4-0 No 3277 'Isle of Tresco' through Snow Hill station

Ref: gwrbsh1230 Colour Rail GWR 4-6-0 Saint class No 2937 crosses over to the up through road to take forward an up express service

Ref: gwrbsh1232 Colour Rail GWR 4-6-0 Saint class No 2937 'Clevedon Court' at the North end of Snow Hill station in August 1939

Ref: gwrbsh1231 WL Good GWR 4-4-0 No 3819 'County of Salop' shunts stock before returning at the head of the 4 10pm to Bristol service

Ref: gwrbsh1233 Birmingham Reference Library An unknown GWR 0-6-0PT locomotive passes a GWR Railcar whilst at the head of an up freight working

Ref: gwrbsh1237 L Hanson GWR 4-6-0 No 5914 'Ripon Hall' at the head of a down express to Wolverhampton on 5th June 1937

Ref: gwrbsh1238 VR Webster Stanier 2-8-0 No 8400 is seen after piloting a failed Hall locomotive on the 7 10am express from Paddington

Ref: gwrbsh1235 Rail Archive Stephenson GWR 4-6-0 Hall class No 4917 'Crosswood Hall' at the head of an up freight from Hockley as it passes through Snow Hill

Ref: gwrbsh1239 L Hanson GWR 4-4-0 No 3406 'Calculta' arrives at Snow Hill on an up express service to Paddington on 29th August 1931

Ref: gwrbsh1368 HMRS A 56ft Brake Third clerestory coach waits at the rear of an Up train in platform 7 at Snow Hill Station in 1947

Ref: gwrbsh1369 HMRS The Dudley Diesel Railcar No 33 waits at Platform 6 on one of the two daily turns to the Black Country town

Ref: gwrbsh1692 MF Yarwood GWR 0-4-2T 517 class No 1466 with auto-trailer No 70 on the Dudley Dodger in bay platform 4

Ref: gwrbsh1751 JP Wilson GWR 2-6-2T large prairie, 5101 class No 5196 about to depart from bay platform 4 at the north end of Snow Hill

Ref: gwrbsh1752 AW Flowers GWR 33xx (Bulldog) class 4-4-0 No. 3353 'Pershore Plum' in the New Sidings adjacent to the turntable in 1932

Ref: gwrbsh1753 AW Flowers Another view of GWR large prairie 5101 class 2-6-2T No 5102 waiting with some clerestory coach stock

Ref: gwrbsh1755 RS Carpenter GWR 38xx 4-4-0 No 3804 ‘County Dublin’ stands by scissors cross-over switches at the end of platform No 5

Ref: gwrbsh1756 AW Flowers GWR King class 4-6-0 No 6011 ‘King James’ in Platform No 6 with a down express from London in 1947

Ref: gwrbsh1763 FE Hemming On a Saturday in August 1939 an unidentifiable GWR Hall class 4-6-0 waits to depart from down platform No 5

Ref: gwrbsh1758 AW Flowers GWR 4-6-0 No 4039 ‘Queen Matilda’ moves on to the turntable at the north end of Snow Hill in 1932

Ref: gwrbsh1759 PB Whitehouse GWR 33xx (Bulldog) class 4-4-0 No 3399 'Ottawa' with an up express destined for Stratford-upon-Avon

Ref: gwrbsh1760 AW Flowers GWR 4-4-0 No 3327 ‘Marco Polo’ partly on the turntable adjacent to the New Yard Sidings at Snow Hill in 1932

Ref: gwrbsh1787 R Moore An unidentified Great Western Railway 2-6-0 43xx class locomotive waiting at platform No 5 in the early 1920’s

Ref: gwrbsh1761 PB Whitehouse GWR 4-6-0 No 2903 'Lady of Lyons' operating as the station pilot at Birmingham Snow Hill

Ref: gwrbsh1788 R Moore GWR French Compound 4-4-2 No 104 'La Alliance' waits with a down express at Platform No 5 in the early 1920s

Ref: gwrbsh1764 RS Carpenter GWR 4-6-0 No 4033 'Queen Victoria' arriving at the north end of Birmingham Snow Hill with an up express in 1927

Ref: gwrbsh1765 WL Good GWR 2-6-2T No 3904 with a class E express freight train on the down centre road at the north end of Snow Hill

Ref: gwrbsh1766 AW Flowers GWR 39xx class 2-6-2T No 3920 blows off steam in the up centre road at the south end of Snow Hill, circa 1925

Ref: gwrbsh1777 MF Yarnwood A pair of Prairies passing Birmingham North Signal Box as they approach the north end of the station

Ref: gwrbsh1778 MF Yarnwood GWR Bulldog class 4-4-0 No 3380 'River Yealm' steaming through Snow Hill on the down through main line

Ref: gwrbsh1779 HMRS A 57 foot long, steel panelled, ‘toplight’ Parcels Brake Van is seen here being shunted in 1947

Ref: gwrbsh1780 HMRS A 54 foot clerestory Parcel Brake Van with other parcels stock waits in bay platform No 10 in 1947

Ref: gwrbsh1781 HMRS A forty foot Parcel Brake Van built in January 1904 stands in the New Yard Sidings at Snow Hill in 1947

Ref: gwrbsh1784 R Brookman GWR 51xx class 2-6-2T No 5138 travelling light bunker first on the up through main line in the early 1930s

Ref: gwrbsh1785 P Colebourn GWR 0-6-0 ‘Dean Goods’ No 2550 on the down through main line while acting as station pilot in February 1939

Ref: gwrbsh1786 Pendragon GWR 4-6-0 No 6832 'Brockton Grange' on a down train at the north end of Snow Hill Station on 20th February 1939

Ref: gwrbsh1789 AW Croughton/Lens of Sutton Great Western Railway 0-4-2T 517 class No 517 in bay platform No 4 with the Dudley Dodger circa 1926

Ref: gwrbsh1762 FE Hemming GWR 0-6-0PT No 6422 on the Dudley Dodger auto-train in No 4 bay platform at Snow Hill station in 1936

Ref: gwrbsh1792 JP Wilson GWR 30xx (ROD) class 2-8-0 No 3033 on the down through main line with a class F on 4th October 1946

Ref: gwrbsh1794 Anon A double headed class ‘K’ local freight passes through Snow Hill Station on the Down Main Line in the 1920s

Ref: gwrbsh1795 HW Burman GWR Saint class 4-6-0 No 2947 ‘Madresfield Court’ waits for an express on the up main line track circa July 1912

Ref: gwrbsh1793 J Goodman GWR 0-6-0PT No 6403 sandwiched between auto- trailers No 67 and No 91 in a three coach auto-train

Ref: gwrbsh1796 HMRS A GWR 70 ft Concertina brake composite coach in chocolate and cream livery with twin coat of arms device

Ref: gwrbsh1797 HMRS GWR 70ft Ocean Mail (Post Office Stowage) Van No 1202 waits in Snow Hill bay platform No 10 in 1947

Ref: gwrbsh1798 PJ Garland GWR 70ft toplight third class coach No 3686 in the 1943 chocolate and cream livery with twin shield in 1947

Ref: gwrbsh1955 CFE Harvey A GWR 4-6-0 Castle Class locomotive leaving the north end of Snow Hill station with an express to Birkenhead