Museums · West Midlands
Tyseley Locomotive Works
Tyseley Locomotive Works — railway museum in Birmingham, England.
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Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 1.5 h–3 h
- Best time of year
- Year-round
- Nearest railway station
- Shakespeare Line Warwick Road · 0.1 km
- Family-friendly
- Wheelchair accessible
About
Tyseley Locomotive Works is a museum in the United Kingdom. Wikidata describes it as: "railway museum in Birmingham, England". Coordinates: 52.4544°, -1.8455°.
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From the Wikipedia article
Tyseley Locomotive Works, formerly the Birmingham Railway Museum, is the engineering arm of mainline railtour operator Vintage Trains, based in Birmingham, England. It occupies part of the former Great Western Railway's Tyseley depot. It is home to an extensive collection of steam engines, from small industrial builds to Great Western Railway 'Castles' and 'Halls', and large ex-mainline diesel engines.
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Background
History
Following the purchase of GWR Castle Class No.7029 Clun Castle in January 1966 by Patrick Whitehouse, the locomotive needed a base close to its central West Midlands supporters' base. Whitehouse found space available at Tyseley, on the site of the former GWR depot, and formed 7029 Clun Castle Ltd to own both the locomotive and the rights to stable it at the depot. In October 1968, 7029 Clun Castle Ltd purchased LMS Jubilee Class No.5593 "Kolhapur". With further locomotives and railway artefacts available as a result of the Beeching Axe, the supporters established the Standard Gauge Steam Trust as a registered educational charity, to preserve and demonstrate the steam locomotives. Following…
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- Coordinates
- 52.4544, -1.8455
- District
- Birmingham
- Parish
- Birmingham, unparished area
- Postcode
- B11 2HL
- Parliamentary constituency
- Birmingham Yardley
- Nearest railway station
- Shakespeare Line Warwick Road — 0.1 km
- Official site
- www.tyseleylocoworks.co.uk
Sources
- wikidata: Q7861738 (CC0)
- wikipedia: Tyseley Locomotive Works (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- commons: Tyseley Locomotive Works.jpg (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Tyseley Locomotive Works?
- Tyseley Locomotive Works is in West Midlands, in the United Kingdom — coordinates 52.4544°, -1.8455°. The nearest railway station is Shakespeare Line Warwick Road, around 0.1 km away.
- Is Tyseley Locomotive Works wheelchair accessible?
- Yes — Tyseley Locomotive Works is tagged in OpenStreetMap as wheelchair-accessible.