Birmingham Railway Carriage and Wagon Company

defunct British railway locomotive and carriage builder

The Birmingham Railway Carriage and Wagon Company (BRC&W) was a railway locomotive and carriage builder, founded in Birmingham, England. For most of its existence, it was at nearby Smethwick, with the factory divided by the boundary between the two places. The company was established in 1854.[1]

This BRCW makers plate is on display in Thinktank, Birmingham Science Museum.

References change

  1. White, Henry Patrick; David St. John Thomas (1963). A Regional History of the Railways of Great Britain. Phoenix House. p. 252.