The Earl of Dudley's Railway, also known as The Pensnett Railway,
was nearly 40 miles of track stretching in all directions from The
Earl's Iron Works (later a steel works) at Round Oak, just outside
Brierley Hill. It began life in a spectacular way back in 1829 when
a steam locomotive named Agenoria began hauling wagons of coal from
pits near Pensnett, out to a basin on the Staffordshire &
Worcestershire Canal at Ashwood. For many years it transported coal
from Baggeridge Colliery to the outside world and to Round Oak, and
from 1928 until 1939 it carried passengers to the fetes at Himley
Park. Now only a small remnant remains at the Round Oak Rail
Terminal; the steel works and the pits have gone, some trackbeds
have become footpaths, while others have disappeared completely.
This book invites you to explore the railway, its locomotives and
rolling stock and a little about the men who worked on the line.
May it never be forgotten.
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