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BRCW Co Ltd
@brcwco.bsky.social
Official account of Birmingham Railway Carriage & Wagon Company, discussing all things rail past, present and future. We also talk about our projects occasionally. www.brcw.co
We have a new fundraiser up to help cover the costs of getting charity status from HMRC and the drawings needed to cost up fitting our Paxman 6RP200L into a Class 455 coach to make 210 003. www.justgiving.com/crowdfunding/project210 where any donation, big or small, is gratefully accepted.
Help raise £2000 to Raise funds for Project 210. – JustGiving Crowdfunding
Iʼm raising money to Raise funds for Project 210.. Support this JustGiving Crowdfunding Page.
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November 18, 2025 at 2:18 PM
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#SulzerSunday 3 x 27s seen in Leicestershire in one afternoon! Bringing back the old days when some of the class worked the #MML with allocations at Cricklewood & Leicester. D5370 & 27056 at the Great Central Rlwy diesel gala & 27059 awaiting restoration at Leicester LIP. @brcwco.bsky.social 6/9/25
September 7, 2025 at 8:44 PM
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Our 4th @railway200.bsky.social at @astonuniversity.bsky.social event will take place on 17 Sept at 1730 in the Susan Cadbury theatre.

Join us to hear about some of the groundbreaking research on railways that is being undertaken at the University.

Book here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/railway-re...
Railway Research at Aston University: Looking to the Future
This is the fourth event in our "Railway 200 at Aston University" series.
www.eventbrite.co.uk
August 6, 2025 at 10:24 AM
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Hunslet & Millsie would like to thank everyone who helped empty Mrs PAs cupboards overnight, all orders were posted at lunchtime. Apologies for any bear fur under the tape Hunslet was determined to help!head to Hunsletthebear.co.uk for your last chance to order remaining stock
January 8, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Things are looking up towards Christmas. This week we had initial talks with Network Rail about a new home, fingers crossed we will have something sorted in time for the big day!
December 1, 2024 at 2:25 PM
Black Friday is apparently approaching rapidly and those nice people at Easyfundraising have given us a link that will allow you to help us raise funds just by shopping at Amazon!
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November 27, 2024 at 3:21 PM
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Can you help? The @NLRailway are hoping to put 2 of their mk1s into use next year. But we really need some help to get them over the line! I'm not after your money don't worry, I'm after your time! The mk1s are being restored by a dedicated group that work on Wednesdays. 1/2
November 26, 2024 at 11:39 AM
I've set up a YouTube page for videos of the company as we hopefully get our new home in the very near future and for videos of BRCW products in action or being restored. If you have any videos you'd be happy for us to use please message me. So far we just have the last video Colin Wheeler made to
November 19, 2024 at 5:46 PM
I'd forgotten I'd opened this account a while ago, but now twitter is emptying faster than the hole in my bucket I thought I'd better start using it again!
November 19, 2024 at 5:39 PM
First week with this beast out of the way, 2 days to recover, then we do it all again! 😴
December 9, 2023 at 12:14 AM
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Another week done and increasing volumes. What's going to happen next week? Keep watching to find out.
November 4, 2023 at 1:19 PM
We've arrived, posts on railways past, present and future as well as all of our projects. Hopefully the trolls of twitter don't follow.
October 9, 2023 at 1:31 PM