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Railway museum in Birmingham, England

Tyseley Locomotive Works, formerly the Birmingham Railway Museum, is the engineering arm of steam railtour promoter Vintage Trains based in Birmingham, England. It occupies part of the former Great Western Railway's Tyseley depot, built in 1908 to accommodate expanding operations in the West Midlands, particularly the opening of the North Warwickshire Line as a new main line from Birmingham to Bristol. As well as supporting the trust's operating wing Vintage Trains, it is home to an extensive collection of steam engines, from small industrial builds to Great Western Railway 'Castles' and 'Halls', and large ex mainline diesel engines.

Following the purchase of GWR Castle Class No.7029 Clun Castle in January 1966 by Patrick Whitehouse, the locomotive needed a base close to its central West Midlands supporters' base. Whitehouse found space available at Tyseley, on the site of the former GWR depot, and formed 7029 Clun Castle Ltd to own both the locomotive and the rights to stable it at the depot. In October 1968, 7029 Clun Castle Ltd purchased LMS Jubilee Class No.5593 "Kolhapur". With further locomotives and railway artefacts available as a result of the Beeching Axe, the supporters established the Standard Gauge Steam Trust as a registered educational charity, to preserve and demonstrate the steam locomotives. Following negotiations the trust acquired a long term lease on a large part of the Tyseley site, and established the Tyseley Collection which still owns the locomotives and artefacts via the limited company; the depot site became the "Birmingham Railway Museum". The trust cleared buildings and repaired the dilapidated tracks, and two water columns were repaired to allow steam locomotives to stay at the site. In 1968 the old coaling stage was converted into a two road shed with an inspection pit to hold both acquired locomotives. In November 1966 Clun Castle was stripped and restored. In 1999 the trust achieved its long held objective of running a regular steam train service on the national main line railway network: the Shakespeare Express between Birmingham Snow Hill and Stratford upon Avon. At this point the trust felt that the term museum was inappropriate for its new status, and hence separated its assets and operations into two new organisations, Tyseley Locomotive Works and the operating arm Vintage Trains, with the third arm remaining the Tyseley Collection.

As part of its educational programme the trust's operational arm Vintage Trains runs the Shakespeare Express between Birmingham Snow Hill and Stratford upon Avon. In October 2004 the trust announced the acquisition of a site adjacent to Stratford upon Avon railway station for future use as the Stratford Railway Tourist Centre and Steam Locomotive Centre. This will provide a steam loco servicing centre at the southern end of the Shakespeare Line. A small museum is also being considered. As of October 2023, Vintage Trains still operate their "Shakespeare Express" trains between Birmingham Snow Hill and Stratford upon Avon on select Sunday's throughout the year. Pickups are offered at: Birmingham Snow Hill, Birmingham Moor Street & Tyseley alongside Stratford upon Avon. From 2007 an additional stop was made at Henley in Arden to offer passengers a round trip journey travelling via Stratford upon Avon and Birmingham Snow Hill, this was discontinued at the end of the 2021 season. It was also announced in October 2023 that 2024's programme of "Shakespeare Express" trains will be expanded to include additional departures from Derby, Worcester and Leicester on individual trips alongside the regular trips from Birmingham. The Worcester departures are also expected to include steam haulage up Lickey Incline.

In May 2012, Vintage Trains ran their first multiday trip called "Castle to Scotland" and ran over three days from Sat 26 May to Mon 28 May with 5043 Earl of Mount Edgcumbe. Sun 27 May included an optional trip from Linlithgow to Stirling. A second multiday trip is being planned for Fri 10 May to Sat 11 May 2024 to mark the 60th anniversary for 1Z48 and is planned to involve 7029 Clun Castle. For Friday the trip is planned to run from Birmingham to Plymouth travelling via Oxford and Bristol and for Saturday the tour is planned to return from Plymouth to Birmingham travelling via London Paddington. 2023 marked the 100th anniversary since the introduction of the Castle Class in 1923. In connection to an event taking place at Didcot Railway Centre involving resident engines 4079 Pendennis Castle and 5051 Drysllwyn Castle on Sat 4 March 2023, 5043 Earl of Mount Edgcumbe and 7029 Clun Castle double headed a Shareholder special from Birmingham Moor Street to Didcot Parkway in connection with the event. Following arrival at Didcot both engines were placed on display alongside classmates 4079 Pendennis Castle and 5051 Drysllwyn Castle. 7029 acted as pilot engine to 5043 for the journey to Didcot & 5043 piloted 7029 on the journey back to Birmingham. This trip was also the first time in preservation that the two surviving double chimney castles had double headed together. Both engines would also double head a second railtour on Sat 10 June 2023 from Birmingham to Hereford called "The Castle Centenarian", 5043 once again piloted 7029 for the trip.

Four round trips are run per day which take place every Friday to Sunday in November and December.

ImageNumberNameClassWheel ConfigurationYear BuiltBuilderStatusNotes2885 GWR 2884 Class2 8 01938Swindon WorksUndergoing Restoration4121 GWR 5101 Class2 6 2T1937Swindon WorksStored4936Kinlet HallGWR 4900 Class4 6 01929Swindon WorksUndergoing OverhaulOverhaul being done to mainline standard.4965Rood Ashton HallGWR 4900 Class4 6 01930Swindon WorksAwaiting Overhaul5043Earl of Mount EdgcumbeGWR 4073 Class4 6 01936Swindon WorksOperational, Mainline Certified (2023 Ongoing)Boiler ticket expires in 2031.5164 GWR 5101 Class2 6 2T1930Swindon WorksStored5551The Unknown WarriorLMS Patriot Class4 6 020##Tyseley Locomotive WorksUnder Construction5593KolhapurLMS Jubilee Class4 6 01934North British Locomotive Co. Awaiting OverhaulAwaiting sale to a new owner as part of Tyseley's future development plans.5952Cogan HallGWR 4900 Class4 6 01935Swindon WorksStored6880Betton GrangeGWR 6800 Class4 6 020##Tyseley Locomotive WorksUnder Construction7029Clun CastleGWR 4073 Class4 6 01950Swindon WorksOperational, Mainline Certified (2019 Ongoing)Boiler ticket expires in 2027.7752 GWR 5700 Class0 6 0PT1930North British Locomotive Co. Awaiting Overhaul7760 GWR 5700 Class0 6 0PT1930North British Locomotive Co. Awaiting OverhaulAwaiting sale to a new owner as part of Tyseley's future development plans. Based at the Severn Valley Railway9600 GWR 5700 Class0 6 0PT1945Swindon WorksAwaiting Overhaul71000Duke of GloucesterBR Standard Class 84 6 21954Crewe WorksUnder OverhaulTo be based at LNWR Heritage, Crewe upon completion of overhaul.