HANDSWORTH GALLERY 1
[Source: Terry Callaghan]
Stanier 8F Class 2-8-0 No.48312 departs towards the station on 26 September 1964 with a train of four wheel tanks. The locomotive had just run round its train in the Queens Head Sidings.
Photo by Richard Postill from his Flickr photostream Looking in the Birmingham direction during October 1965 from the Wolverhampton end of the down relief platform. New concrete lighting columns are being erected in an effort to modernise the station facilities. Photo by John Alsop Looking along platform 1 in the Wolverhampton direction in the mid 1960s following the closure of the main lines, seen here, the canopy would be removed from the building. Photo from the Ted Burgess collection Looking towards Birmingham along the main lines in the 1960s. Photo by John Mann GWR Collet Grange Class 4-6-0 No.6838 departs from the down relief platform with a northbound passenger working. Photo from the Ted Burgess collection
Looking north in March 1967 along the down relief platform the first signs of neglect are apparent with weeds starting to grow on the surfaces.
Photo by Geoffrey Skelsey Looking across from the goods yard in March 1967 with a Derby Suburban DMU standing in the down main platform. Photo by Geoffrey Skelsey To see more pictures of Handsworth click here
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