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Northfield Station

LMS Route: Evesham to Birmingham

Northfield Station (20) Northfield Lineside (24)

The station was opened on 1 September 1870 by the Midland Railway. In 1892, the line through Northfield was quadrupled.

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Northfield station looking north with a mixture of Private Owner and Engineering Department wagons in the sidings
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Postcard
Northfield station looking north with a mixture of PO and Engineering Department wagons in the sidings		 Looking towards Birmingham New St with station staff posed outside the main station building on the down platform
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Postcard
Looking towards Birmingham New St with station staff posed outside the main station building on the down platform		 Close up showing the screen to the Gentlemen's toilet and one of the gas lampposts
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Postcard
Close up showing the screen to the Gentlemen's toilet and one of the gas lampposts		 An elevated view of Northfield station showing the sidings on the up side and the four roads passing through
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DJ Norton
An elevated view of Northfield station showing the sidings on the up side and the four roads passing through		 Looking through the three railway bridges that carried the line and the adjacent siding over Church Hill
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DJ Norton
Looking through the three railway bridges that carried the line and the adjacent siding over Church Hill

Close up of the three railway bridges showing more clearly the third bridge carrying the sidings over Church Hill
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DJ Norton
Close up of the three railway bridges showing more clearly the third bridge carrying the sidings over Church Hill		 Looking towards Kings Norton from the gallery of the up goods line home bracket signal on 20th June 1954
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DJ Norton
Looking towards Kings Norton from the gallery of the up goods line home bracket signal on 20th June 1954		 Ex-MR 2F 0-6-0 No 58143 is seen at the head of a Permanent Way working on Sunday 8th August 1954
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DJ Norton
Ex-MR 2F 0-6-0 No 58143 is seen at the head of a Permanent Way working on Sunday 8th August 1954		 Close up showing part of a goods train and guards van stabled in one of Northfield station's three sidings
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DJ Norton
Close up showing part of a goods train and guards van stabled in one of Northfield station's three sidings		 View of the steam powered mobile crane mounted on temporary track undertaking engineering work at Mill Lane
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Anon
View of the steam powered mobile crane mounted on temporary track undertaking engineering work at Mill Lane

View of the MR's signal controlling the up goods line and the LMS signal controlling the up main line
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DJ Norton
View of the MR's signal controlling the up goods line and the LMS signal controlling the up main line		 Close up showing the MR signals on the down goods line and the LMS signals on the down main line
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DJ Norton
Close up showing the MR signals on the down goods line and the LMS signals on the down main line		 View of a British Transport Commission cast iron notice board seen at Northfield station on 16th May 1955
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DJ Norton
View of a British Transport Commission cast iron notice board seen at Northfield station on 16th May 1955		 Ex-MR 0-6-0 3F No 43381 is seen on down a mineral train Ex-MR 0-6-0 3F No 43381 passing Northfield signal box
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DJ Norton
Ex-MR 0-6-0 3F No 43381 is seen on down a mineral train Ex-MR 0-6-0 3F No 43381 passing Northfield signal box		 Ex-LMS 0-6-0 4F No 44179 is seen passing on the down goods line at the head of a Class H freight train
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DJ Norton
Ex-LMS 0-6-0 4F No 44179 is seen passing on the down goods line at the head of a Class H freight train

Ex-LMS 2-8-0 8F No 48121 is seen running tender first on the up goods line as it passes Northfield's goods yard
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DJ Norton
Ex-LMS 2-8-0 8F No 48121 is seen running tender first on the up goods line as it passes Northfield's goods yard		 Ex-LMS 0-6-0 4F No 44590 is seen passing snow covered Northfield on a down Class J mineral train in February 1955
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DJ Norton
Ex-LMS 0-6-0 4F No 44590 is seen passing snow covered Northfield on a down Class J mineral train in February 1955		 Northfield station schematic diagram showing the location of Northfield goods yard and Hawkesley Mill sidings
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G Copsey
Northfield station schematic diagram showing the location of Northfield goods yard and Hawkesley Mill sidings		 A Midland Railway Distance Diagram showing the line between Northfield and Bromsgrove
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Midland Railway
A Midland Railway Distance Diagram showing the line between Northfield and Bromsgrove		 View of Northfield station and its proximity to Station Road with Church Hill and Middlemore Road
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A Doherty
View of Northfield station and its proximity to Station Road with Church Hill and Middlemore Road

An Edwardian Postcard of a distant view of Northfield Station as seen from the adjacent fields
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B Geens
An Edwardian Postcard of a distant view of Northfield Station as seen from the adjacent fields		 Close up showing Northfield Station's island platform building which is heavily covered in advertising posters
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B Geens
Close up showing Northfield Station's island platform building which is heavily covered in posters		 Close up showing the goods yard sited in the opposite side to Northfield Station's island platform
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B Geens
Close up showing the goods yard sited in the opposite side to Northfield Station's island platform		 Northfield Station looking towards Barnt Green in the early 1960s just prior to closure of the goods yard
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Lens of Sutton
Northfield Station looking towards Barnt Green in the early 1960s just prior to closure of the goods yard		 Close up showing Northfield Station's goods yard with British Railway standard steel bodied 10T coal wagons
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Lens of Sutton
Close up showing Northfield Station's goods yard with BR standard steel bodied 10T coal wagons

A Midland Railway Excess Ticket - from Northfield to Camphill in August 1888
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R Ferris
A Midland Railway Excess Ticket for carrying a pram from Northfield to Camphill in August 1888		 A Midland Railway Excess Ticket - from Northfield to Camphill in August 1888
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GWR Auctions
A BR (Western Region) Station Direction Sign with a BR Totem included at the top of Northfield station

Northfield Station (20) Northfield Lineside (24)