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Railways and Recollections
Helps you to travel back to 1964, a time when the railway lines to Peel and Ramsey were still open.
Railways and Recollections
Takes us back to a time when steam had just four more years to run on Britain's railways and the 'Beeching Axe' was reshaping the rail network when many last trains were run as …
Railways and Recollections
Aimed at more than the railway enthusiast the reader will find much to enjoy, appreciate, enthuse and even smile about. Memories will definately be stirred along the way!
Railways and Recollections
On the railways, two major accidents at Moorgate and Nuneaton resulted in considerable loss of life, and the prototype High Speed Train reached speeds in excess of 150mph on the …
Railways and Recollections
On the railways, Dr Richard Beeching was appointed Chairman of the British Transport Commission - a decision that was to have considerable influence on the future of the network. …
RailwaysRecollections 1968
InThe aim of this series is to appeal to readers of all ages, perhaps for different reasons... For the younger reader there are wonderful pictures of trains, real trains. There …
Fall and Rise of British Railways Steam
From the mid-1950s steam was in decline, to disappear entirely from BR in 1968. Yet from the scrapyards and disused branch lines a remarkable preservation movement emerged, and …
British Railways Steam
Features the last four dramatic years of steam, recording both working locomotives, shed scenes and a selected number of routes, many of which closed during the period of …
Railways and Recollections
This was the year of the wedding of Charles and Diana, Ronald Reagan became the 40th President of the USA. On the railways the TyneWear Metro opened, the HST network was expanding …
Railways and Recollections
On the railways Simeon T Webb, Casey Jones' fireman on the fateful 'Cannonball Express' in April 1900 passed away in Memphis at the age of 83. Nearer to home, the new numbering …
Railways and Recollections
Features images of the railways during 1955 beginning with Northern Ireland where a degree of modernisation is under way with diesel railcars replacing steam-hauled services, …