Oxford, Worcester & Wolverhampton Railway Through Time

The Oxford, Worcester & Wolverhampton Railway originated during the ''Railway Mania'' years of the mid-1840s, when ambitious landowners and industrialists conceived the idea of a main line link between London and the West Midlands industrial areas. With Isambard Kingdom Brunel as its engineer, the OW&WR was seen as a close ally of the Great Western Railway, but in the event, the two companies beca...