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The Birmingham AirRail Link connects Birmingham International railway station with the adjacent airport. It runs along an elevated section approximately 2,000 ft in length, and powered by cables. On 1st August 2010 the two cars operating the system cross the elevated section, with that nearest camera approaching the terminus at the railway station. It opened in 2003 and replaced an earlier pioneering 'MAGLEV' system which was introduced in 1984, using the same elevated section. The 'MAGLEV' system was the first of it's kind in the world when introduced and lasted for eleven years before obsolescence and lack of spares forced it to close in 1995. Copyright Photograph John Whitehouse - all rights reserved
This image was rescued from a much larger one of the Walsall Trolleybus seen on the right of this cropped view.
It is a 1950 Guy Arab IV/Metro-Cammell - one with a 'tin'front which unfortunately I tended not to photograph in the late'60s. It is in Walsall Bus Station on 3/10/70.
Direct Rail Services Class 68 locomotive 68009 'Titan' stands at Birmingham Moor St shortly before departure with a Chiltern Railway mainline service to London Marylebone. The 68 will propel the train to London, with a Driving Van Trailer (DVT) leading. This was only the second time I had seen a Class 68 loco in action - it seems a very stylish design, and sounded very impressive as it left the station.
Urbos 3 Tram at Bull St Birmingham. It has been over 60 years since Birmingham has had Trams on its streets. At the moment these only travel about 200metres from their original terminal at Snow Hill.
Leigh-Anne Pinnock, Jesy Nelson and Jade Thirlwall from Little Mix on the red carpert at Free Radio Live at the LG Arena in Birmingham.
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Entrance to Piccadilly Arcade
A trip to Birmingham for the Frankfurt Christmas Market, plus a look around the city's shops.
Mailbox Birmingham (also known as The Mailbox) is an upmarket shopping and office development in the city centre of Birmingham, England. It serves as the base for BBC Birmingham and houses one of seven Harvey Nichols department stores in the United Kingdom.
The Mailbox is about 300 metres (980 ft) long from front to back including The Cube. Above the front shops it has an additional 6 floors which includes a Malmaison hotel and residential apartments. The Worcester and Birmingham Canal passes along the back with a number of restaurants overlooking.
Previously the location of a railway goods yard with canal wharves off the Worcester and Birmingham Canal leading to Gas Street Basin, the site was the location of the Royal Mail's main sorting office building for Birmingham (hence its current name) which was completed in 1970, replacing the Victorian head post office (now Victoria Square House), in Victoria Square.
A stroll along the Birmingham & Fazeley Canal in central Birmingham - overlooked by The BT Tower
Construction of the tower commenced in July 1963 and was completed in September 1965. The tower became operational in December 1966 and was officially opened by the Lord Mayor of Birmingham, Alderman James S. Meadows on 5 October 1967