LMS Route: Birmingham West Suburban Railway

Bournville Station: mrb1487

A view of a Cadburys seaside excursion train, standing at the up platform in 1912. Although the engine, a Deeley 3F 0-6-0, seems to be well short of the end of the platform, one must assume it had stopped as there was a railwayman standing on the running plate. The excursion was a popular one, judging by the number of passengers waiting on the platform. This photo is the earliest dated one of the extended canopy on the up platform and also shows the sparsely furnished down platform clearly, with the Maryvale Road bridge in the background.

John Dews

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