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Although published in 1999 when the WHR ran only from Caernarfon to Dinas, this book covers the whole route through to Porthmadog.
Running from Bishops Lydeard to Minehead, at over 21 miles the WSR is the longest preserved line in the UK, so deserves to be classed among the premier heritage railways. It incorporates many classic ingredients of a traditional GWR branch line: steam-hauled trains and beautiful stations set in a countryside of rolling hills and seaside resorts.
This new Past & Present Companion is being published to mark the 150th Anniversary of the lines opening! The railway opened on 1st May 1872 and originally ran for nine miles from Totnes to the ancient stannary town of Ashburton, via Staverton and Buckfastleigh. In 2007, the line carried over 100,000 passengers and was Heritage Railway of the Year.
2013 marks 150 years of steam on the Ffestiniog and this book focuses on the locomotives, as well as showing a comparative views through the years. What the book does show is both progress in the past by the railway and the health of current operations to take them into the next 150 years!
The Isle of Man enjoys a wide variety of railed transport. This book features comparative views of various routes, including the Isle of Man Railway, the Manx Electric Railway, the Snaefell Mountain Railway and the Groudie Glen Railway.
The Talyllyn Railway Preservation Society was the first such organisation in the world, and the inaugural society-operated train on 14 May 1951 heralded the dawn of the railway preservation movement in Britain. In the ensuing years, from its decrepit state in 1950, many changes have taken place on the railway.
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