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West Midlands

A four-car class 116 DMU is seen passing the signal box at Litchfield City station on 26 May 1990. click here to enlarge.



Redditch station is at the end of a single track branch from Barnt Green and forms the southern terminus for the frequent Cross-City service via Birmingam to Litchfield. This picture was taken on 30 May 1987 before electrification. click here to enlarge.



This picture was taken from the end of the platform at Stourbridge Junction station and shows single -car unit no.55032 approaching with the shuttle service from Stourbridge Town on 13 January 1990. click here to enlarge.



Single -car unit no.55032 in the branch platform at Stourbridge Junction on the same day. click here to enlarge.



56 058 is seen passing the engineers sidings at Sutton Park on the Walsall to Water Orton freight-only line on 2 August 1991. click here to enlarge.



50 004 is seen passing through Bescot station light-engine on 4 September 1986, after having worked a train from Paddington through to Wolverhampton. click here to enlarge.



EMU no. 304 035 is seen arriving at Bescot Station on 13 January 1990. At weekends, the sidings in the background were full of stabled locos which proved all too tempting for spotters who were regulary chased away by Transport Police! click here to enlarge.



A tanker train hauled by a blue class 31 is seen entering Bescot station from the Walsall direction on 1st September 1986. At this time, all timetabled passenger trains ran to Walsall and the Wolverhampton route to the left of the picture was used only for freight or diverted passenger trains. click here to enlarge.



This picture was taken at Rugeley on 2 August 1991. The power station is in the background and the train is heading north. I failed to record the number of the class 86. click here to enlarge.



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