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Standing in the middle of the Wolverhampton Canal near Dudley Rd Birmingham is a large brick pillar. This photograph shows that it once supported the steel bridge that carried the Harborne branch railway high over the water. On 17th March 1962, a grim, dark day, the Branch Line Society ran a Birmingham area railtour that included the Harborne Branch in the itinerary, a branch that was 2.5 miles long and terminated at a neat little station in Harborne. The passenger service was withdrawn in 1934 but freight from Chad Valley toys, M&B brewery and several coal merchants kept the branch alive until 1963. Today the station area has been built over but most of the trackbed is a delightful well surfaced walkway, an oasis in the busy city. Image taken by Peter Shoesmith. This picture appears in B.R. Past & Present #61 Birmingham p.24 Dowling & Whitehouse 2010.
Type: Class 116 Vehicle: Unknown Location: Harborne Junction Date: 17th March 1962
Photographer: Geoff Dowling and John Whitehouse Collection Views: 4 Railtour: More DetailsView on flickr: (opens in a new window)
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