Loose_Grip/Pete's photos with the keyword: West Midlands

Birmingham Snow Hill's disused signal box from just inside the tunnel. No chance of a King or Castle running me down by this time - through trains had been withdrawn in 1967. In 1969 it was the world's largest unstaffed halt - the only train using the station's 12 platforms was the single car dmu to Wolverhampton Low Level which still ran from the bay platform in the left distance until 1972. The station lingered on in grand decrepitude until June 1977 when it was finally demolished. In 1987 a new station was reopened on exactly the same location. What a waste of effort all round.

Tyseley shed. Great Western Railway King 6000 King George V, with its safety valves lifting, comes on shed after working a "Return to Steam" Special from London in October 1971.