An in-depth study of the Stour Valley Line. The line is so-called because of the name of the company that built it, not because of the route, which does not go through the Stour Valley! Instead, it traverses what was the highly industrialised landscape of the West Midlands. The history is complex, so the book begins with a helpful two-page chronology. Eleven chapters follow, dealing with the beginnings, construction and opening of the line and a description of the route, then connecting lines, passenger services, goods workings, operation, motive power depots, operational procedures, the Harborne Branch and modernisation as the book continues the story right up to recent times. Three appendices cover goods workings in 1958/59, Harbrone Branch trip workings and industrial locomotives.
| ISBN: | 9780853617662 |
| Publication date: | 10th April 2023 |
| Author: | Bob Yate |
| Publisher: | The Oakwood Press an imprint of Stenlake Publishing Ltd |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 192 pages |
| Series: | Locomotion Papers |
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Places in old photographs |