{"product_id":"the-cambrian-railways-volume-2-1889-1968-9780715342206","title":"The Cambrian Railways - Volume 2: 1889-1968","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe Cambrian was the largest of the independent Welsh railway companies and the only one with a lengthy main line handling through expresses to the LNWR, GWR and other English lines. Three times it gained national prominence, through major accidents at Welshampton and Abermule and the Hood case, a classic example of early clashes between the railway trade unions and autocratic management. As with Volume 1 this is the story not just of the railway itself but of the country and communities which it served, of social and economic history. There is also much unpublished in-formation, drawings and photographs of locomotives and rolling stock. Also told in this volume are the stories of the Welshpool \u0026amp; Llanfair and Vale of Rheidol narrow gauge lines; of colourful and little known branches to Dinas Mawddwy, the Van lead mines, Wrexham, Llangynog in the Tanat Valley and up the Elan Valley to serve Birmingham's reservoirs. Grouping robbed the Cambrian Railways of its independence but not its character. That shone on through the Great Western years until Nationalisation, which brought major changes including the complete closure of the Mid Wales Railway and control from Euston instead of Paddington.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHardback with dust jacket, 218 pages, black \u0026amp; white photographs\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCondition: Good\/Very Good with some wear to DJ\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"David \u0026 Charles","offers":[{"title":"Secondhand (300)","offer_id":27968091589,"sku":"9780715342206","price":15.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1910\/7111\/products\/9780715342206.jpg?v=1620296846","url":"https:\/\/rail-books.co.uk\/products\/the-cambrian-railways-volume-2-1889-1968-9780715342206","provider":"Rail Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}