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near to Acock's Green, Birmingham, England
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Veolia incinerator, Tyseley (2)
Snapped from a Birmingham-bound train, close to the Grand Union Canal crossing of the River Cole. The building is dramatically floodlit at night.
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Marina entrance near Small Heath, Birmingham
Grand Union Canal.
There is a small marina here belonging to the Ackers Trust , a charitable organisation providing adventure activities, including canoeing. Link
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North end of Tyseley railway depot
Taken from a charter train traversing the tracks around the depot, home of West Midlands Railway. The trains with orange ends are the newly introduced class 730 'Aventras'.
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Grand Union Canal, Tyseley
As with much of the Grand Union Canal's approach to Birmingham - until the Bordesley area - the ambience is surprisingly rural, although sadly the ever-present graffiti is a reminder that this is in fact a very urban area. Ahead in... (more)
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River Cole at Greet
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Birmingham Railway Museum - visiting locomotive
Locomotive No. 5051 Drysllwyn Castle was being serviced on a steam hauled excursion. The Birmingham Railway Museum is now Tyseley Locomotive Works. I had forgotten taking some pictures on that day.
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Heath Highway footbridge, looking west
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Derelict Land and Factory Buildings Tyseley (2)
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Industrial works, Birmingham
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Railway Bridge over the Grand Union Canal
This was the line built by the Birmingham & Oxford Junction Railway
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Tyseley TMD
Part of the traction maintenance depot at Tyseley with a 'Sprinter' diesel multiple unit No 150105 standing outside the depot building.
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A Black 5 at Tyseley in the 1970s
Visitors were free to wander the site and get close to the locomotives at this steaming day at Birmingham Railway Museum, now Tyseley Locomotive Works. The engine is LMS Black 5 5428 "Eric Treacy". It was named after Rt Rev Eric... (more)
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