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The Western Before Beeching
Ian Allan

The Western Before Beeching

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Chris Leigh, takes a nostalgic look at the Western Region whore trim branch line stations and halts with 'pagoda' huts were still commonplace, and the railway was as much a part of rural life as the village pub. This personal account, where the author takes the reader with him to share his journeys at the end of the era of the traditional railway, is illustrated by a fascinating selection of period photographs, most of which have not been published before, and which include numerous views of the interesting transitional phase where 'modern' motive power in the form of diesel multiple-units and locomotives worked over lines which were soon to close. Much of Beeching's legacy, in the form of intensively-worked high-speed main lines, updated signalling and block train freight working is with us to this day. In The Western Before Beeching we see what was lost.

Hardback with dust jacket, 112 pages, black & white photographs

Condition: Very Good

ISBN: 9780711018983