In August 1957 there was an International Scouts Jamboree held at Sutton Park. This was a massive event with thousands and thousands of scouts pouring into the area from all over the country, and most of them arriving via special train services which called at Streetly and Sutton Park stations
(the local hourly Walsall - New St service via the 'Park would have been completely overwhelmed without these specials !). This often-seen photo shows LMS Stanier class 5 no. 45333 about to depart from Streetly, having just dropped off another consignment !
I think the cabin at the base of the photo was a temporary block post (i.e. signalbox) installed to help deal with the numerous extra trains.
Practically everything railway in this 50 year-old photo has now ceased to be, even the tracks are continuously-welded and fairly new....
Photo from the "Birmingham Railway Scene" by C.C.Dorman.
2 comments:
Wonder how many turned into spotters after that huge experience ?
Nice ....................
sure one or two must of.....
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