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London North Western
Railway:
Midland
Railway:
Stratford
Midland Junction Railway
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LMS Route: Birmingham New Street to Tamworth
LMS Route: Nuneaton to Birmingham New Street
Bromford Bridge Station: mrbb441
Looking towards Bromford Bridge station's Midland signal box
with the race course seen behind it. The line to Derby was on the left with
Washwood Heath Sidings to the right. The tracks which ran adjacent to the
platforms were in fact the goods lines with the fast lines in the centre. The
station had very basic facilities with the signal box sited on the down
platform being the most imposing structure as the station was only used on race
days when specials would call. The apparent lack of waiting rooms on the up
platform indicates that the majority of passengers arrive from the Birmingham
direction and therefore would leave the station immediately on arrival. However
returning passengers waiting for Birmingham trains might require shelter whilst
awaiting a train. However should there have been several hundred passengers the
accommodation was clearly inadequate.
Stephen Hodge writes "under the photographers feet there was
an exchange siding for the old 'Stewart and Lloyds' steel works (which became
British Steel - Bromford Tube Works) at some time around the time of my visits
in the 1960s. Stewart and Lloyds also possibly made lampposts at a site just
the other side of Bromford Lane on the map as I recall seeing lampposts on
wagons in the exchange sidings. I recalled seeing the Rolls Royce diesel
'Barabel' which arrived at Bromford 17th July 1967 from Corby (for more
information see www.nvr.org.uk). There was at least one 0-4-0 saddle tank on
the site, the name of which I cannot recall, and this was replaced or
supplemented by WELLINGBORO No 3. Being too small for any other work
other than permanent way work at Corby it was eventually transferred to the
Bromford Bridge Tube Works in January 1967, see www.irsociety.co.uk. Stewart
and Lloyds is long gone, but the isolated sidings were still in place until
2005-6 when they were lifted. The drivers of the saddle tank used to give
trainspotters on the station platform rides in the cab up and down in the
sidings".
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