{"id":1204,"date":"2022-05-02T20:48:50","date_gmt":"2022-05-02T20:48:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/therailwaydog.co.uk\/?p=1204"},"modified":"2022-05-02T20:48:50","modified_gmt":"2022-05-02T20:48:50","slug":"birmingham-moor-street-more","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/therailwaydog.co.uk\/?p=1204","title":{"rendered":"Birmingham Moor Street & More"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Sulzer Type 2 Class 25 No. D7612 has arrived at Swanage in advance of the 2022 Diesel Gala<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

This week I needed to go to Birmingham, so took the opportunity of sampling the Chiltern Railways Class 68 hauled service to and from London Marylebone and Birmingham Moor Street. We visited Marylebone as part of a previous post a few weeks ago, but I didn’t see any loco hauled services on that day. Six Class 68 locomotives are leased by Chiltern Railways from DRS and along with the locomotive, trains were formed of six MK3 carriages and a MK3 Driving Van Trailer (DVT). The DVT’s are modified to work with the power doors that are fitted to the MK3 coaches and have a generator fitted to enable Electric Train Supply and compressed air to be provided to the coaches when the locomotive is not running, such as when in a terminus station and when stabled. There was no buffet car or trolley service available on the trains I travelled on, and as I had left my lovingly prepared sandwiches in the fridge at home I was pleased to find a Greggs open at Marylebone station. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Chiltern Railways Class 68’s No.’s 68014 and 68015 ‘ Kev Helmer’ at London Marylebone – 27\/04\/2022<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Chiltern Railways Class 68’s No.’s 68015 ‘ Kev Helmer’ and 68014 at London Marylebone – 27\/04\/2022<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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MK3 Driving Van Trailer’s at the buffer stops – London Marylebone<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Class 68 No. 68014 at Birmingham Moor Street – 27\/04\/2022<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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MK3 Coach – Birmingham Moor Street<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Class 68 No. 68013 ‘Peter Wreford-Bush’ waits departure with the 1455 Birmingham Moor Street to London Marylebone – 28\/04\/2022<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Nameplate close-up of 68015 ‘Kev Helmer’. Kev was Birmingham Moor Street driver who lost his life to covid in January 2021<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Nameplate close-up of 68013 ‘Peter Wreford-Bush. Peter was a popular and long-standing member of the Leamington Spa station staff who sadly died of covid at the early age of 47<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

From 2003 to until 2013 GWR Heavy Freight Locomotive 2-8-0 2884 Class No. 2885 stood as a static exhibit at Birmingham Moor Street in an unused platform. The locomotive is currently being restored to working order at Tyseley Locomotive Works by her owners Practical GW Steam Ltd. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Class 68 No. 68014 and the disused platform once occupied by GWR No. 2885 at Birmingham Moor Street – 27\/04\/2022<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Birmingham Moor Street is one of three mainline railway stations in the city centre of Birmingham along with Birmingham New Street and Birmingham Snowhill. High Speed 2 station Birmingham Curzon Street, the northern terminus of HS2 Phase 1, is currently being built alongside Moor Street. This new Curzon Street will incorporate the 1838 station of the same name’s entrance building and is scheduled to open in 2026.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Birmingham Moor Street<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Moor Street is a combination of the original 1909 Great Western Railway terminus and adjacent through platforms which opened in 1987 replacing the original station which was then mothballed. These two were combined in 2002 when the original station was extensively restored in 1930’s style with reproduction lamps, clocks, seating and signage. The 1980’s platforms were rebuilt in a matching style.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Class 68 No. 68012 arrives at Birmingham Moor Street with a service from London Marylebone – 13\/03\/2020<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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