Lloyd
master brummie
Station Announcements
I remember the shock of hearing while I was trainspotting there one November 1963 morning, "The train standing at platform 1A is the Stephenson Locomotive Society special train to Harborne, calling at Icknield Port Road, Rotten Park Road, Hagley Road and Harborne."
Even at 14 I knew that no passenger trains had run on that line since the 30s, just the odd freight one, and here was a crowd of grown up enthusiasts who had hired a train to have a trip on it. I later found out the line closed the next day, Sunday, so their train was probably the last one ever to run to Harborne.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harborne_Branch_Line
https://www.railaroundbirmingham.co.uk/Photos/harborne_station_1934.jpg
I remember the shock of hearing while I was trainspotting there one November 1963 morning, "The train standing at platform 1A is the Stephenson Locomotive Society special train to Harborne, calling at Icknield Port Road, Rotten Park Road, Hagley Road and Harborne."
Even at 14 I knew that no passenger trains had run on that line since the 30s, just the odd freight one, and here was a crowd of grown up enthusiasts who had hired a train to have a trip on it. I later found out the line closed the next day, Sunday, so their train was probably the last one ever to run to Harborne.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harborne_Branch_Line
https://www.railaroundbirmingham.co.uk/Photos/harborne_station_1934.jpg