Halesowen Railway - Enthusiast Pictures

While the other page offers a chance to recall the Halesowen Railway to anybody who's interested, the pictures here are of more specialist interest.

Ground Frame nr Halesowen - 12/7/53

There was a branch of the Halesowen Line to sidings near the Dudley Canal.  I believe the sidings were where Hawne Basin is now. The sign on the shed says, "Halesowen Canal Basin Jc Ground Frame"

Rubery Sidings - 12/7/53

There were several sidings at Rubery - can anybody identify this one? Note that you can just see the top of the tower at Hollymoor Hospital.  It's just to the right of the signal closest to us.

Corporation Sidings Entrance - 8/7/62

The entrance to more sidings at Rubery.

Rubery Station from Down Home - 8/7/62

Here he goes again - climbing signals to get a good picture!  This shows sidings to both sides of the line.

East End of Rubery Station - 8/7/62 & 25/12/64

Two identical views show how quickly the change from working line to decay occured - there is less than two and a half years between these two. The lower of these pictures is dated 25th of December.  My father must have really been dedicated to the railways!  I wonder what my mother thought about him going off and taking pictures on Christmas Day?

LMS/GW Notice, Rubery Station - 21/9/52

An interesting piece of history reflecting the joint ownership of the line by GWR and Midland Railways (part of LMS) after the collapse of the Halesowen Railway Company.

Frogmill Crossing nr Rubery - 11/7/54

This crossing near Rubery was on the Frankley branch at Frogmill Lane.  There is more information about this branch here. I visited this site in June 2007 and was sad to see that the crossing keepers cottage had recently been demolished.  This was especially disappointing having seen the surviving cottage at New Street (formerly Bedlam Lane).  This modern view shows the site of Frogmill Crossing taken from where Frogmill Lane would have been - the line would have run from left to right and the site of the cottage is marked by the silver fence.

Frogmill Crossing - 11/7/54

Here's a close up of the controls for Frogmill Crossing.

Notice at Frogmill Crossing - 21/9/52

An interesting piece of history reflecting the joint ownership of the line by GWR and Midland Railways after the collapse of the Halesowen Railway Company.

Distants nr Frogmill Crossing - 11/7/54

I think we're facing towards Rubery Station in this picture but I'm not absolutely sure.

Longbridge West from Station - 12/3/62

This shows the extensive sidings for the Rover Works.

East End of Longbridge Station - 12/3/62

This one compliments the other picture from 1954 quite nicely.  Note that the signals have gone.

View from Longbridge East Box - 12/3/62

Again we see how extensive the railway system was close to the Rover Works.

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