By Peter Waller (hardback, Historic England, 302pp, £35, ISBN 978 1 84802 4762). BACK in the steam era, it was often said that the stationmaster of a city’s main railway station was as important as
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Category: Reviews
Barry: Its Railway & Port before and after Woodham’s scrapyard
By John Hodge (hardback, Pen & Sword, 200pp, £30, ISBN 1526723832 The name Barry is synonymous with railway preservation. It was the home of the world’s most famous railway scrapyard, where owner Dai Woodham, unique
Read moreOn the Iron Road to the Isles: The story of the ‘Jacobite’ steam service on the West Highland Line
By John Hunt and James Shuttleworth (hardback, The Nostalgia Collection, The Trundle, Ringstead Road, Great Addington, Kettering, Northants NN14 4BW, tel: 01536 330588, 208pp, £45, ISBN 978 1 85794 536 2). When it comes to
Read moreThe decline and fall of the Westerham Railway: A Prelude to Beeching
By Ron Strutt (hardback, Crecy, 208pp, £24.95, ISBN 978 1 90932 847 1). Here is a railway book that in so many ways is unlike anything that has gone before. It is now nearly 70
Read moreLost Lines: Railway Treasures
By Nigel Welbourn (hardback, Crecy, 224pp, £25, ISBN 978 0 66093, 691 6). Here is a magnificent volume that will both inspire exploratory visits to half-forgotten locations and many hours browsing through it. The author
Read moreThe Lynton & Barnstaple Railway: A Celebration
By Tony Nicholson (hardback, Crecy, 192pp, £45, ISBN 978 0 71103 873 8). Over the years there have been many albums published of historical photographs of the Lynton & Barnstaple Railway, such is the interest
Read moreEnjoying the Cumbrian Coast Railway
By David John Hindle (hardback, Silver Link, 160pp, £25, ISBN 978 1 85794 497 6) Covering the Furness Railway route from Carnforth via Barrow-in-Furness to Workington, this book contains the expected history and description of
Read moreThe Final Few Years of British Steam: Part two – summer 1966 to summer 1968
By Les Wheeler, softback, Grange Publications & Les Wheeler, Hawthorn Terrace, Shilbottle, NE66 2XA 312pp, £19.99, ISBN 9 780995 554818. There have been many books written by enthusiasts detailing their travels in pursuit of BR
Read moreThe First Railways
By Derek Hayes (hardback, The Times/Harper Collins, 272pp, £30, ISBN 978 0 00 824948 9) While Britain did not invent the railway concept – that has been attributed to ancient Greek drama, when grooves were
Read moreLyn Returns
By Peter Best, Ian Gaylor and Stephen Phillips, edited by Tony Nicholson (softback, The 762 Club, www.lynton-rail.co.uk/shop £9.95 plus £2.50 p&p) As highlighted in our feature on pages 70-72, one of the landmark events of
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