Trains & Railways: General Interest

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    Aberdeenshire's Lost Railways - Gordon Stansfield - Paperback
    This volume contains a selection of historic photographs of stations and rolling stock featuring Aberdeenshire. Along with statistics detailing closures, many stations are featured, including Auchterless, Lumphanan and Monymusk.
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    The Arbroath & Forfar Railway: The Dundee Direct Line And The Kirriemuir Branch - Niall Ferguson - Paperback
    The Arbroath and Forfar line opened in 1839 and made it possible to travel from Dundee to Forfar without changing trains. It was eventually taken over by the Caledonian Railway, but its position on the main route between Glasgow and Aberdeen ensured that at least part of its line remained open until 1967.
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    Argyll And The Highlands' Last Days Of Steam - W. A. C. Smith - Paperback
    This album of steam-era images by railway photographer Bill Smith includes locations such as Kyle of Lochalsh, Bridge of Orchy and Dunblane.
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    Argyll And The Highlands' Lost Railways - Gordon Stansfield - Paperback
    At the height of the railway era, the Scottish Highlands had 183 railway stations, serving some of the most remote parts of the UK. This collection of photographs, ranging from the mid 1880s to the 1960s, recalls many past sights and locations.
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    Ayrshire & Renfrewshire's Lost Railways - Gordon Stansfield - Paperback
    Vital statistics on the closed lines and stations in these counties accompany photographs, illustrating many of the locations featured. These include the original Wemyss Bay station, forerunner to the mock-Tudor structure that exists today.
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    Ayrshire's Last Days Of Steam - W. A. C. Smith - Paperback
    This series of books concentrates on the rail network in the 1950s and 1960s, the last days of steam before diesel, electric power and Dr. Beeching's axe came along to change the railways forever.
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    Banff, Moray & Nairn's Lost Railways - Gordon Stansfield - Paperback
    During the late 19th century, fishing, agriculture, tourism and whisky fuelled the rapid development of the north-east's rail network. This book is illustrated with photographs taken mainly during the 1950s and 1960s - just before most of the lines and staions were closed.
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    Battle For The North: The Tay And Forth Bridges And The 19th-Century Railway Wars - Charles McKean - Hardback
    Presenting a dramatic and scandalous story of the building of the Tay and Forth Bridges and the 19th century railway wars, this work explores the complicated reality underlying the Victorian pursuit of progress.
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    Beautiful Railway Bridge Of The Silvery Tay: Reinvestigating The Tay Bridge Disaster Of 1879 - P. R. Lewis - Paperback
    On the wild, wintry night of 28th December 1879 the Tay Bridge spectacularly collapsed and over 80 people lost their lives. The accident reports say that high winds and poor construction were to blame but here, Peter Lewis tells the real story.
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    Bedfordshire's Lost Railways - K. A. Scholey - Paperback
    In this work, Keith Scholey examines Bedfordshire's lost railways through finely-detailed, old photographs.

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