Museums · West Midlands
Tyseley Locomotive Works
In or near Birmingham.
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
Getting there & planning your visit
Tyseley Locomotive Works is located in Birmingham, postcode B11 2HL, and is accessible via the nearest railway station, Shakespeare Line Warwick Road, which is just 0.1 km away. Entry details are not specified, but the site is 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 the West Midlands, United Kingdom (postcode B11 2HL), in the parish of Birmingham, unparished area.
- What is Tyseley Locomotive Works?
- Tyseley Locomotive Works — railway museum in Birmingham, England.
- How do I get to Tyseley Locomotive Works?
- The nearest railway station is Shakespeare Line Warwick Road, about 0.1 km away. Drivers can use postcode B11 2HL.
- How do I get to Tyseley Locomotive Works?
- The nearest railway station is Shakespeare Line Warwick Road, about 0.1 km away. Drivers can navigate to postcode B11 2HL.