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Church Road Station

LMS Route: Birmingham West Suburban Railway

Looking towards Kings Norton from Church Road station's down platform with Church Road tunnel behind.
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Institution of Civil Engineers
Looking towards Kings Norton from Church Road station's down platform with Church Road tunnel behind.		 Close up showing the tunnel and the lower quadrant signal suspended from beneath the passenger footbridge
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Institution of Civil Engineers
Close up showing the tunnel and the lower quadrant signal suspended from beneath the passenger footbridge		 Looking towards Five Ways on 21st April 1929 with the Church Road Junction Signal Box in the distance
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RS Carpenter
Looking towards Five Ways on 21st April 1929 with the Church Road Junction Signal Box in the distance		 Elevated view looking in the direction of Kings Norton showing the now long abandoned station on 4th July 1954
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DJ Norton
Elevated view looking in the direction of Kings Norton showing the now long disused station in 4th July 1954		 Looking towards Five Ways station showing the main lines curving to the left and on the right Central goods branch
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DJ Norton
Looking towards Five Ways station showing the main lines curving to the left and on the right Central goods branch

View of the up home signals and Church Road Junction signal box viewed from the end of the down platform
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DJ Norton
View of the up home signals and Church Road Junction signal box viewed from the end of the down platform		 View of Church Road's Midland Railway down home station from Birmingham Central Goods
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DJ Norton
View of Church Road's Midland Railway down home station from Birmingham Central Goods		 The plate showing the start of measuring the mileage from Church Road Junction to the Central Goods depot in 1953
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DJ Norton
The plate showing the start of measuring the mileage from Church Road Junction to the Central Goods depot in 1953		 Looking along the branch's up line towards Central Goods as a goods train appears to be running wrong line
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DJ Norton
Looking along the branch's up line towards Central Goods as a goods train appears to be running wrong line		 British Railways Standard Class 4MT 2-6-4T No 80063 is seen on a down passenger service circa 1953
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DJ Norton
British Railways Standard Class 4MT 2-6-4T No 80063 is seen on a down passenger service circa 1953

Ex-MR 4-4-0 2P No 40439 is held by Church Road down starting signal from the goods branch in December 1954
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DJ Norton
Ex-MR 4-4-0 2P No 40439 is held by Church Road down starting signal from the goods branch in December 1954		 Ex-LMS 4-6-0 5MT No 45058 is seen at the head of an empty stock working for New Street on 5th September 1954
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DJ Norton
Ex-LMS 4-6-0 5MT No 45058 is seen at the head of an empty stock working for New Street on 5th September 1954		 Ex-LMS 4-6-0 5XP No 45690 'Leander' is working an up express service to New Street station circa 1953
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DJ Norton
Ex-LMS 4-6-0 5XP No 45690 'Leander' is working an up express service to New Street station circa 1953		 Ex-LMS 2-6-4T 4MT No 42326 passes by Church Road Junction signal box with an empty stock working
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DJ Norton
Ex-LMS 2-6-4T 4MT No 42326 passes by Church Road Junction signal box with an empty stock working		 Ex-LMS 4-6-0 5MT No 45250 is working hard at the head of a down express passenger service on 31st July 1955
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DJ Norton
Ex-LMS 4-6-0 5MT No 45250 is working hard at the head of a down express passenger service on 31st July 1955

Ex-LMS 4-6-0 5XP No 45664 'Nelson', a Jubilee class locomotive, is seen on an up express service in April 1955
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DJ Norton
Ex-LMS 4-6-0 5XP No 45664 'Nelson', a Jubilee class locomotive, is seen on an up express service in April 1955		 The plate showing the start of measuring the mileage from Church Road Junction to the Central Goods depot in 1953
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DJ Norton
The plate showing the start of measuring the mileage from Church Road Junction to the Central Goods depot in 1953

Maps and Diagrams

View of the gradient post near Proof House Junction showing the change in the descent towards New Street station
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Midland Railway
Part of MR Distance Diagram dated 1913 showing the two routes south from New Street to Kings Norton		 Diagram showing the junction between the Birmingham West Suburban Railway and the Central Goods station branch
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J Copsey
Map showing the junction between the Birmingham West Suburban Railway and the Central Goods branch