Birmingham New Street - Southern Approaches: Ex-LMS 0-6-0 4F No 44279 passes over ex-LMS 4-6-0 No 44848 at Brickyard Crossing on 19th June 1954

LMS Routes

London North Western Railway:

Rugby to Wolverhampton
Rugby to Leamington
Rugby to Market Harborough
Nuneaton to Leamington
Coventry Loop Line
Leamington to Weedon
Trent Valley Line
Birmingham New Street to Lichfield
Birmingham New Street to Harborne
Birmingham-Soho-
Perry Barr-Birmingham

Midland Railway:

Nuneaton to Birmingham New Street
Birmingham New Street to Tamworth
Evesham to Birmingham
Hampton in Arden to Whitacre
Birmingham West Suburban Railway
Rugby to Leicester
Water Orton to Walsall
Halesowen to Northfield

Stratford Midland Junction Railway

The Shakespeare Route

Birmingham New Street - Southern Approaches: mrbhm_sa2325

Ex-LMS 0-6-0 4F No 44279 passes over ex-LMS 4-6-0 No 44848 at Brickyard Crossing on 19th June 1954. The 4F is on the 9:30 am all stations local passenger service from Coventry to Wolverhampton via New Street station whilst the 'Black 5' is on the Pines Express 'relief', departing from Sheffield at 8:08 am for Paignton. This is an example of trains from the North and East Midlands, particularly on a summer Saturdays, escaping the congestion of New Street by using the former Camp Hill line.