This book offers a fascinating insight into the golden age of rail travel for everyone with fond memories of this often ignored aspect of British history. It

Includes:: existing preserved & lost branch lines
- 62 in total
- from the far north of Scotland to Cornwall. It contains 22 special feature spreads on related topics including on holiday toy trains & working on the railway.



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The branch lines of Dorset shared almost equally between the GWR & LSWR varied from lightly built rural railways carrying a low volume of traffic to the Swanage branch which at times carried main line express locomotives. Fortunately this line has been preserved & can still be enjoyed today. Many Dorset branches served seaside resorts while other lines were principally or solely for industrial or military use. The county had an unusual number of lines running to quays two passing through streets for a mile & mingling with other traffic. One such interesting branch was the Weymouth Harbour Tramway which carried the Channel Islands Boat Express through the back streets of the town as well as dealing with tomatoes potatoes & other produce. All the Dorset branches are described in this absorbing entertaining & well-researched book. Colin G. Maggs foremost railway historian provides a marvellously wide-ranging view of over 150 years of rail travel. Anecdotes of branch life & the people who ran them enrich the narrative throughout including the story of the vanishing train driver
- & his later appearance in court. The main railway routes are given a brief account before each branch is looked at in detail. Profusely illustrated with over 200 fascinating photographs maps & ephemera this book will appeal not only to railway enthusiasts but to local historians & model makers.
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The range & number of lines in Gloucestershire & the type & diversity of the locomotives operating both branch & main lines make it a particularly interesting railway county. In this well-researched book all of Gloucestershire's branch lines are described in an entertaining & highly informative narrative. We encounter horse-worked lines & one line boasting the longest railway bridge in Engl&. There is also a line operated by a veteran tank engine complete with open-backed cab & a timber bridge still in use in the 1950s. Against the national trend & a background of closing lines & stations rail traffic in Gloucestershire increased & new halts were opened. Gloucestershire became the testing ground for an experimental geared locomotive which it was hoped would revolutionise motive power on rural lines. It did not however meet with success although the introduction of rail buses on some branches had a more positive effect. A marvellous wide-ranging view of over a century of rail travel in Gloucestershire highly illustrated with over 200 fascinating photographs & ephemera this volume will appeal not only to steam railway enthusiasts but also to local historians. ...

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Brandy Row takes place on the Isle of Portland between 1830 & 1851
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