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Ray Tranter's association with Wolverhampton Stafford Road
Today the former LNWR route forms the West Coast Main Line. The present day Wolverhampton station, which dates from 1967, is on the site of the former High Level station<ref>Wolverhampton railway station on [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wolverhampton_railway_station Wikipedia]</ref>.
===Wolverhampton Railway Worksand TMD===
The Stafford Road Works was opened by the S&BR in 1849. Following the merger with the GWR in 1854, it became the workshop for the Northern Division of the GWR. Around 800 new locomotives were built between 1854 and 1908, mainly under the management of George Armstrong. After that time new building ceased, but the Works continued to repair and overhaul all classes of GWR locomotives, and latterly BR Standard locomotives, until closure in 1964<ref>Wolverhampton Railway Works on [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wolverhampton_railway_works Wikipedia]</ref>. It is therefore almost certain that many of the SVR’s locomotives would have spent time there.
The Wolverhampton Stafford Road TMD (Traction Maintenance Depot) was GWR Shed number 194, code SRD. It later became BR Shed Code 84A. Stafford Road was [[GWR 4930 Hagley Hall]]'s first allocation on entry to service in May 1929.
The late Ray Tranter, who led the restoration of [[GWR 7819 Hinton Manor]] among other locos, was an ex Wolverhampton Stafford Road loco man<ref>SVR News 81</ref>
==Proposed Railways between Wolverhampton and Bridgnorth==
