What is Birmingham Railway Carriage and Wagon Company?
[[File:2015-03-07 - Thinktank - Sasha Taylor - 228.JPG|thumb|This BRCW makers plate is on display in [[Thinktank, Birmingham Science Museum]].]] 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.<ref>{{cite book |first=Henry Patrick |last=White |author2=David St. John Thomas |title=A Regional History of the Railways of Great Britain |pages=252 |publisher=Phoenix House |year=1963}}</ref> ==References== {{Reflist}} {{-}} {{transport-stub}} [[Category:British rail vehicles manufacturers]] [[Category:Organisations based in Birmingham]]