I was in Bournville, so of course I took the route from show to station, through the Cadbury factory. And yes, I did go in the shop, and no, I didn't buy anything.
What I did collect, was a lot of photos of the buildings. We start with this one, The Bourn Brook.
If you click on the top image, it will be blown up so you can take a proper look. The picture shows the scene in the days of the railway, and the sign is at the real spot. I'll be honest, I can't relate the two images - possibly, I am standing on the bridge shown in the drawing. The buildings shown, now replaced with a car park.
I don't think that anyone is going to build the whole of the factory, but Bourn Brook could be turned into a 3D picture, with the trains running over the bridge between hidden fiddleyards. Maybe not the most exciting operation, but maybe it could be automated. I bet at shows, you'd enjoy a good-sized audience watching the trains go by.
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If you look at the National Library of Scotland maps and select the OS 25 inch 1892-1914 map, you will see that there was a lot of track in the Bournville Works at that time.
I feel that a lot of the buildings you saw were more modern than that time frame.
But the plans from the late 19th century map would make for a very active and feature layout.
George
You are standing on the same spot as the original image , looking towards where the railway ran across on a bridge. If you zoom in on your photo the bridge is still there hidden by the scaffolding. The building directly in front of you was built above the existing railway, which is why it has no ground floor. There are maps and a couple of photos that explain it in Dereck Sharpe's book
I'm sure I have that book somewhere. My shelves are about to get a good going through, and if I don't have a copy, this will change!
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