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Birmingham New Street in the mid-1950s: "A fish porter is required in the back sidings."

Yes: if I recall correctly departure from Bradford at 5.30am: travelled via Halifax, then reversed at Huddersfield and reached Sheffield via Barnsley. At the time, early 1980s, it was the only passenger service on a number of West Yorkshire lines/curves.

The field is now a chalet site, in the south-east quadrant of the railway lines.

Duffield and Chesterfield?

In Handsworth Park, Birmingham in the mid-1950s the time approaches a quarter to eleven. Boys stand on the footbridge that spans the loop line connecting the triangular junctions at Perry Barr and Soho. The boys look toward the nearby tunnel. The approaching train can be heard before it can be...

A number of local newspapers (across the country, not just local to Ledbury) reported an accident in the tunnel: the reports are in editions dated in mid-August 1872. The reports can be accessed through the British Newspaper Archive, available on line for a fee. The website is also accessible...

Mercure Hotel at Lyon Part-Dieu. Travelodge at Twickenham

I travelled on this line on a Saturday in May 1976 or 1977 on a Merrymaker excursion from West Yorkshire to Largs.

On summer Saturdays in 1989 the 09.40 Poole to Liverpool followed the following route through the Midlands: Leamington Spa - Coventry - Stechford - direct line to Aston - Bescot - Bushbury Junction and then to Crewe. This train left Coventry a few minutes after the 08.55 Eastbourne -...