Peck's Trades Directory of Birmingham, 1896-97:Railway Equipment
From Graces Guide
Railway Plant – Carriages and Wagons
- Birmingham Railway Carriage and Wagon Co. Limited, manufacture railway carriages and wagons of every description, for sale, hire, or by immediate or deferred payments; they have also wagons for hire, capable of carrying six, eight and ten tons, part of which are constructed specially for shipping purposes; wagons in working order maintained by contract; manufacturers also of iron work, wheels, axles and tramcars (Edmund Fowler, managing director); wagon works, Smethwick, Birmingham; Chester, Harecastle and Peterlard; telegraphic address, "Carriage, Smethwick, Birmingham"; national telephone No. 2017
- Brown, Marshall and Co. Limited, Saltley
- Metropolitan Railway Carriage and Wagon Co. Limited, Saltley Works
- Midland Railway Carriage and Wagon Co. Limited, Midland Works
- Patent Axle Box and Foundry Co, Saltley Works
- Patent Oil Bath, Axle Box and Fittings Co, Washwood Heath road
- Oldbury Railway Carriage and Wagon Co. Limited, Oldbury
- Horseley Co. Limited, Tipton
- T. H. Lloyd and Co. Limited, James Bridge, Wednesbury
- Patent Shaft and Axle-tree Co. Limited, Wednesbury