This is the history of the Harborne Birmingham branch line, known as the "Harborne Express", from its opening in 1866 to its closure, under the Beeching Axe, on 2nd November 1963. The book covers the social history of the area it served and the railway history of the line. It features many photographs of people, locomotives, rolling stock, buildings and trackside details, and includes maps and trackplans which should be of interest to railway historians and railway modellers.
- ISBN10 185858034X
- ISBN13 9781858580340
- Publish Date May 1995
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 17 July 2008
- Publish Country GB
- Imprint Brewin Books
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 96
- Language English