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Branch Line Memories Edited by John Smart Soft Cover
Branch Line Memories Edited by John Smart
Soft Cover
204 pages
Table of Contents
Introduction6
Part I:
Great Western13
Introduction16
Branches everywhere 16
Early days17
Junctions18
Prairie country20
Branch passenger22
People and trains24
Branch stations26
In praise of halts32
Termini35
Doomed oddities 36
The new order37
Delivering the goods38
Viaduct country44
Branch sheds46
Branch driving 47
Three classic tanks48
Men at work50
Decline and fall 52
Back to nature -The Chacewater - Newquay branch then and now53
Part II:
London Midland & Scottish61
Introduction64
North Western branches London
to Rugby65
LNWR in the West Midlands70
LNWR in Warwickshire71
LNWR in Salop71
LNWR in Derbyshire72
LNWR in North Wales74
LNWR in South Wales79
The Midland in Worcestershire 82 The Midland in Gloucestershire
and Somerset83
MR in the East Midlands88
The Midland in Wales92
North Stafford interlude95
Stratford Upon Avon and Midland Junction Railway 96
Lancashire and Yorkshire
branches96
Furness Railway branches99
Cockermouth Keswick & Penrith
Railway100
Caledonian branches102
Highland branches 103
Ireland107
Postscript Disaster at Sutton Coldfield 108
Part III:
Southern109
Introduction112
In the far east114
Spectacle at Folkestone 115
Decline and fall 116
Light Railways in Kent118
London branches120
2-6-4s in Surrey121
Pre-Grouping veterans122
Contrasts at Reading123
Horsham & Guildford 'Direct' 124
LBSC wayside stations125
Along the Bluebell line126
'Cuckoo Line' memories 128
Ill-fated Brighton branches 129
Railways to Midhurst130
The country goods132
Off to war133
Mid-Hants memories134
Minor lines in Hampshire135
The troublesome tunnel136
LSWR around Southampton137
Isle of Wight interlude138
South Western tanks140
LSWR in Dorset & Somerset 141
Lines to the coast142
Devonshire days143
Ilfracombe bound 144
Southern steam outpost 145
The line with no passengers146
Last days at Bude 147
Focus of the 'Withered Arm'148
Steam in King Arthur country: The North Cornwall Railway149
Part IV:
London & North Eastern
The LNER branch line160
In rural Essex 161
London branches - GE162
London branches - GN163
Essex light railways of the
GER164
East Suffolk goods166
Suffolk dock lines 167
Mid Suffolk Light Railway168
Norfolk lines GER 170
Cambridge E4s172
M&GN Cromer branch174
Norfolk & Suffolk Joint
Railway 174
M&GN Joint Railway175
Dunstable branch GNR 176
The Wisbech & Upwell
Tramway176
In rural Bucks177
In Wales and Wirral 178
Peak District branch 178
GNR in Notts, Derby & Staffs 179 The GN & LNW East Leicestershire Joint line 180
Leicester GNR Betgrave Road181
The GNR in Lincolnshire182
The Marquis of Exeter's
Railway183
South Humberside GCR184
Hornsea branch NER185
West Yorkshire 186
North Yorkshire186
Whitby-Scarborough187
In Wensleydale188
Over Stainmore 190
Alston branch192
Tyne & Wear193
Langholm NBR194
LNER steam railcars in
Scotland and the Border195
North British branches196
NBR in the border counties197
More NBR branches198
Inverbervie branch 199
Road to Mallaig200
GNSER St Combs Light Railway201
Great North of Scotland
Speyside Junction202
Keith202
On Speyside203
Aberdeen: On Trinity Quay 204
Summary
The beguiling atmosphere of the remote rural branch line survived, together with a number of busy mineral lines and anachronistic light railways, well in to the post-Nationalisation era and contributed in no small way to the perception which
many still have of an important aspect of the steam railway in its prime. It is an era which, though kept alive in part by the preservation movement, is now long departed; but its memory can still be recalled thanks to the dedicated efforts of those who recorded the story while it was still to be observed.
In this survey, the branch line scene is recalled over the whole country via the byways of England and Wales to the far north of Scotland. In essence it is a reprint in one combined volume of an original four part series which has been unavailable in any form since 1986, but by adopting a new format, the information can be made available again at a lower price in real terms than the total of the original four parts.
Edited by JOHN SMART who has also added a new introductory section by way of bonus, this edition contains some 330 evocative pictures, together with extended captions and detailed supportive text. It offers a truly magnificent overview of British branch lines in their prime, fully up to the high standard expected from Atlantic.
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