Station Name: BROWNHILLS WATLING STREET[Source:
Terry Callaghan]
Brownhills station looking south in the early 1900s. The train would have just arrived from Aldridge.
Brownhills station shown on a 1902 map.
Looking north at Brownhills station on Saturday 29 March 1930. Waiting to depart is the 3.20pm train to Aldridge on the last day of passenger services. A railwayman is seen holding up a closure notice adjacent to the first coach. At the head of the train is Midland Railway Johnson-designed 3F 0-6-0 locomotive number 3277. The engine was built for the Midland Railway in 1891. It passed to the LMS at grouping, then into British Railways ownership in 1948 and received the Midland Region 4 prefix, which it carried until withdrawal from 15C, Leicester (Midland) Shed after well over 70 years service on 15 July 1961.The engine was scrapped during February 1962. Copyright photo from the John Alsop collection A view looking north from the north end of Brownhills station in 1947. The degraded remains of the Aldridge direction platform are seen to the right.
Copyright photo from the John Alsop collection The Brownhills station site looking south in 1951.
Photo from the John Mann collection Looking south towards the site of Brownhills station in 1955. Photo by D J Norton The site of Brownhills station looking south in May 1959. Photo by R M Casserley Looking north towards the site of Brownhills station in June 1962. The line had been lifted and the bridge over Chester Road had been removed. Photo by Ben Brooksbank Looking north towards Brownhills Watling Street station in May 2013 from a point slightly to the east of the view above. Photo by Terry Callaghan Brownhills Watling Street station site looking south in May 2013. Photo by Terry Callaghan
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