OLD HILL - GALLERY
[Source: Terry Callaghan] August 1955 sees a main line service approaching the station from the Stourbridge direction with a train bound for Birmingham.
Photo by John Alsop Ex-GWR Collet 74xx class 0-6-0PT comes off the Halesowen branch with a single Toad brake van in tow. reproduced under creative commons licence © National Railway Museum and SSPL
GWR Collet 74xx class 0-6-0PT 7435 seen running round a brake van in the main line platforms during September 1959. The charming top-entry gas lantern on the station platform complete with ornate spigot is worthy of note.
reproduced under creative commons licence © National Railway Museum and SSPL Ex GWR Collett 0-6-0PT 64xx Class number 6403 stands in the platform during August 1963 awaiting the road for its return service to Dudley. The site of the new lower quadrant signal marks the spot where the down platform buildings stood. The locomotive was new from Swindon works during March 1962 and would be withdrawn during October 1963, some 2 months after this picture was taken, from Stourbridge Junction shed (84F). The loco would be scrapped locally by Arnott & Young at their Avonmour Iron Works, Bilston during February 1964. Photo by David Pearson Looking towards Birmingham in the late 1960s with two diesel multiple units passing. The footbridge has had its canopy removed and the up platform buildings have been demolished. The engineer's department materials to the left of the footbridge probably signify the lifting of the rusty connections with the Dudley branch. The running-in board is still offering onward connections to Halesowen and Dudley.
Photo from the John Mann collection This early example of British Rail corporate signage from the 1960s seen here during January 1975 seems to have been used for target practice. Photo by John Mann
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