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Apr 15, 2023
Project 210 update
The project continues to make more turns than a mountain pass. The effort to secure a Trailer Composite to make a proper 4 car outer suburban unit looked to have failed at the end of last week. This week we tried to find out more about the…
After 56 years BRCW is going home. We’ve been offered the old Test House used to check all the locos before hand over. We will be setting up a museum and workshop. We have a page on just giving if you wish to donate, justgiving.com/crowdfunding/smethwickmuseum
Today we announced that we will be constructing a mock up of a Blue Pullman cab. It will be made out of wood and will be mounted on a trailer so that we can get it to as many events as possible. If you have woodworking skills…
As things are moving forward we’ve put a fundraiser up on Facebook. This is a test of the facebook donation app to make sure everything is working correctly and things like the bank account is connected properly. All money raised will help get new lines ready for…
An announcement on the location of our museum is expected very shortly. We are currently waiting for the site owner to complete some work on their own part of the building before we can negotiate for the remainder. We hope you will be able to help out…
The Class 210 diesel electric multiple unit was designed in the early 80's as a replacement for the multilple units built in the 1950's and 60's that were now showing their age. Two prototypes were built in 1982 using different engine and electrical makes, a Paxman and Brush Traction combination in a 4 car outer-suburban version and an MTU and GEC combination in a 3 car inner-suburban layout with coaches based on the Mark 3 coaches then in full production for High Speed Trains and loco hauled services on the west Coast Main Line. Like the "Thumper" units built for the Southern Region they had the engine mounted behind one driving cab, rather than the more traditional position below…
The Birmingham Railway Carriage & Wagon Company is a not for profit dedicated to filling some of the gaps in the nations collection of diesel locomotives and other rolling stock. Your donations will help us continue our work and we are most grateful for your help.
You can donate through our shop http://www.brcw.co/product/donations/