{"product_id":"the-kerry-tramway-and-other-timber-light-railways-9781871980110","title":"The Kerry Tramway and Other Timber Light Railways","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe untold story of Britain's \"Logging Railways\"\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis book recounts the history of one of the most fascinating, yet least documented, Welsh narrow gauge railways, the 2ft gauge Kerry Tramway. Constructed in 1888 to exploit timber workings in the Montgomeryshire hills, it was unique among narrow gauge railways in Britain with its triangular junction, its reversing switchbacks to gain height, the multiplicity of its inclines, and its spectacular engineering works constructed from hewn timber. Closed in 1895, it re-opened in 1917 to help service the massive increased demand for timber during World War I. \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHowever, the Kerry was by no means the only timber line in the U.K. From 1916 a network of \"logging railways\" sprang up around the country: from Thetford in Norfolk to Wool in Dorset, from West Dean in Sussex to Aviemore in Scotland, dozens of locomotives, hundreds of horses and thousands of men toiled to service the voracious demands of War. The authors have identified over fifty timber railways of standard, 3ft and 2ft gauge (with the narrower gauges predominating) in England, Scotland and Wales, and include notes on these and their known locomotives. \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis book will appeal to all fans of the Welsh narrow gauge, and to aficionados of industrial and narrow gauge railways generally. Modellers will find a feast of valuable information on little-known prototypes, and a goldmine of practical data in the photographs, maps and scale drawings that are generously provided.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSoftback, 72 pages, black \u0026amp; white photographs, maps, drawings\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCondition: Good\/Very Good with some fading around spine\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Plateway Press","offers":[{"title":"Secondhand (282)","offer_id":32553887891565,"sku":"9781871980110","price":15.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1910\/7111\/products\/9781871980110.jpg?v=1590061344","url":"https:\/\/rail-books.co.uk\/products\/the-kerry-tramway-and-other-timber-light-railways-9781871980110","provider":"Rail Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}