{"product_id":"a-history-of-the-berks-and-hants-line-reading-to-westbury-9781906419882","title":"A History of the Berks and Hants Line - Reading to Westbury","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eCompiled by former railwayman Peter Simmonds, this new history fills a gap in the market for coverage of the Berks and Hants line from Reading to Westbury. He describes the main railway all through the ages as well as consequential developments, both planned and built. As such, he provides a graphic description of the line - its past, present and future.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe Berks and Hants line from Reading through to Westbury has long been in the shadow of the several lesser, long closed railways it once connected. Now that omission may be corrected with this full history of the route from its inception - at the time little more than a dead end branch - through the times of expansion to what it is today as part of the main line to the west. \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eMuch has changed in the almost 150 years since the first section was opened. Stations have come and gone, steam engines have ceased to be the dominant feature, signalling altered, whilst the route itself has been realigned in part to allow for speeds the pioneer promoters could never have dreamt of. \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis is a book that covers all those changes and so fills a gap in railway history. It will be welcomed by enthusiast and resident alike\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHardback, 208 pages, black \u0026amp; white photographs\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Noodle Books","offers":[{"title":"New","offer_id":57474699690367,"sku":"9781906419882","price":30.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1910\/7111\/files\/9781906419882.jpg?v=1699531114","url":"https:\/\/rail-books.co.uk\/products\/a-history-of-the-berks-and-hants-line-reading-to-westbury-9781906419882","provider":"Rail Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}