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A true country branch line of the old Great Western Railway, the West Somerset Railway is full of fascination, whether you are looking for a nostalgic ride back in time through lovely countryside or to study the railway and industrial heritage that the line preserves.

For the younger reader there are wonderful pictures of trains, real trains. There will, for example, be tank engines, engines, electric trains and multiple units and many more varieties besides! Some will be recognised from train sets, model railways and books, while others will be seen for the first time. in this volume we travel back to 1970.

This 47th volume in the growing Recollections series takes us to the edge of Fenland Britain for a visit to the Nene Valley Railway the only preserved line in the country to have been restored to the European Berne loading gauge. This enables the line to run a wide variety of trains made up of both British and European rolling stock.

This is the 49th volume in the Recollectios series and the second title published by Silver Link to celebrate the Talyllyn Railway. As with all the titles in the recollections series this volume is aimed at the general market as much as the enthusiast - designed for easy reading and enjoyment rather than a 'rivet counting' approach!

The KWVR preservation scheme was ideally placed to attract large numbers of visitors eager to witness steam's return to this 5 mile line set in the heart of the Pennines, running as it does on steep gradients from industrial Keighley to the moorland towns of Haworth, home of the Brontes, and nearby Oxenhope.

This story is unusual, it documents both the restoration & reinstatement of both platforms of the former GWR country station and the building of a new standard gauge running line with its own private station and rolling stock. Even more remarkable is that all of this was achieved on a tiny budget and by the toil and dedication of a tiny workforce.