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I have been searching for Clinkers' book "Railway Chronology of the West Midlands" for years with no luck. It would be a great help to my web site in having accurate dates of the opening of stations and lines. A recent search on Amazon threw up the book 'Railway Chronology of Midlands (West Area)' b...

I have had a fantastic response to the photos of railway accidents in Warwickshire at url http://www.warwickshirerailways.com/misc/mishaps.htm What I had forgotten was that I had two photographs taken of an accident that occurred at Leek Wooton, near Kenilworth on 11th June 1861, at the very beginni...

Following the tremendous response to the Henley 'Old Station' Mishap I have been asked if I had any more. I now have a page on my site 21 images showing 10 other mishaps in the county. The URL is as follows: http://www.warwickshirerailways.com/misc/mishaps.htm More photos of other accidents would be...

Thanks for the information.

Mike

Can any one help me with this circa 1890-1900 photo of a derailed GWR 0-4-2T (I think)on a train of 4 or 6 wheel stock at Henley-in-Arden Old Station. The photo is one of Roger Carpenters that I picked up recently and I have very few details. Being an LMS man myself I am not too sure of the type of ...

Thanks for the kind comments it helps to keep the team motivated. We have a copies of Henley being built (actually just the foundations) as well as a derailed loco at the old station circa 1890. Coventry was my home town hence the number of photos. I was very pleased to find the rare 1880 view of Co...

We are developing a web site on the railway history of Warwickshire. Its aimed at the railway enthusiast, modeller and local "historian". Currently we have over 2500 images on the site covering approximately 80% of the 180 stations that existed at one time in the county. Some stations are not very w...