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Introducing
the latest new books from Oakwood Press
NORTHERN
NORTHUMBERLAND’S MINOR RAILWAYS - Volume Three
Sandstone, Whinstone & Gravel Lines by Roger
Jermy £12.95
This book covers more of
the ‘minor railways’ in the Berwick-upon-Tweed and Alnwick districts.
These lines include a variety of industrial and small private lines,
of a variety of track gauges and with a variety of forms of motive
power: locomotives, fixed engines, horses and even manpower. The lines
covered in this book were constructed for obtaining ‘hard stone’ for a
variety of purposes, including stone for buildings, bridges and roads. ....
more
THE SOUTH STAFFORDSHIRE RAILWAY - Vol Two: Walsall to Rugeley (including the
Cannock Chase Colliery Lines) by Bob
Yate £15.95
This volume examines the
story of the line from Walsall to Cannock and
onwards to Rugeley, together with the complex of lines serving the
collieries on Cannock Chase.
The line from Walsall to
Cannock was opened in 1858 and from Cannock to Rugeley the following
year. The line from Walsall to Rugeley was of primary importance
for the coal traffic, and its passenger services never
really developed a satisfactory level of traffic. ....
more
STEAM, DIESELS AND ON-TRACK
MACHINES by John Meredith £15.95
In Steam, Diesels and
On-Track Machines John describes the hard life that he led as a fitter,
often working at night and at weekends but shining through it is his
determination to get the job done as quickly as possible, often showing
great resourcefulness and determination in undertaking difficult jobs
himself on the spot, while others wanted to send for a breakdown crew.....
more
UNDER 10 CMEs - Vol 2
C.E. Fairburn to J.F. Harrison, 1944-1959 by E.A.
Langridge £16.95
Eric Arthur Langridge died in 1999,
at the age of 102. He was little known to enthusiasts, until his retirement
in 1959, when Eric became one of the most important contributors to
locomotive history, particularly through his monumental series ‘Under 10
CMEs’, which appeared in the SLS Journal in 28 instalments between 1973 and
1988. Vol 2 covers the period 1944-1959.....
more
UNDER 10 CMEs - Vol 1
Dugald Drummond to W.A. Stanier, 1912-1944 by E.A.
Langridge £16.95
Eric Arthur Langridge died in 1999,
at the age of 102. He was little known to enthusiasts, until his retirement
in 1959, when Eric became one of the most important contributors to
locomotive history, particularly through his monumental series ‘Under 10
CMEs’, which appeared in the SLS Journal in 28 instalments between 1973 and
1988. Vol 2 covers the period 1912-1944.....
more
THE HELSTON BRANCH by Stanley C. Jenkins £12.95
The Helston branch was the
southernmost railway on the British mainland, and also the very last branch
line to have been built in south-western Cornwall. Sadly, it was also one of
the first to close (1962 for passengers, 1964 for freight), and perhaps for
this reason it has not enjoyed the attention that has been lavished upon
certain neighbouring ex-Great Western Railway lines.....
more
THE WELLS-NEXT-THE-SEA BRANCH
VIA WYMONDHAM AND DEREHAM by Stanley C. Jenkins £15.95
The subject of this book is the
43 miles of railway that linked Norwich (Thorpe) to Wells-next-the-Sea on
the North Norfolk coast. The line was opened in stages and had a number of
distinct parts; Norwich to Wymondham opened in 1845, and Wymondham to
Dereham a year later. Continuation to Fakenham came in 1849 and Wells was
reached in 1857. By 1862 the entire route was in the hands of the
newly-formed Great Eastern Railway.....
more
THE LYNN & HUNSTANTON RAILWAY
AND THE WEST NORFOLK BRANCH by Stanley C. Jenkins £15.95
Norfolk, one of England’s
largest counties, is also one of its most distinctive. The sea is never far
away.
The GER often relied on summer
leisure traffic to make up for a lack of heavy industry. Not surprisingly,
the Great Eastern system included several classic seaside branch lines, one
of which - the Hunstanton branch - forms the subject of this book.....
more
THE MINEHEAD BRANCH AND THE
WEST SOMERSET RAILWAY by C.R. Maggs £12.95
Well-known author on railway
matters in the West Country, Colin Maggs, tells the story of one of the
GWR’s longest branch lines, from its beginnings in the 1830s to the present
day. The line was originally built only as far as Watchet to serve the
harbour there, and was later extended to Minehead, where in later times many
thousands of holidaymakers would arrive to enjoy a week by the seaside at
Billy Butlin’s holiday camp.....
more
THE LAMPETER, ABERAYRON
AND NEW QUAY LIGHT RAILWAY by M. R. C. Price £8.95
The centenary of the opening of
the railway to Aberayron falls in May 2011. To coincide with this Oakwood
Press announce the publication of an enlarged Second Edition of the long
out-of-print title The Lampeter, Aberayron and New Quay Light Railway which
includes a number of new photographs. Sixteen miles south of Aberystwyth on
the wide sweep of Cardigan Bay, lies Aberayron one of West Wales most
picturesque and attractive harbours. ....
more
NORTHERN NORTHUMBERLAND’S
MINOR RAILWAYS - Volume Two: Colliery and Associated Lines
by Roger
Jermy £10.95
This second volume examines
the railways associated with the coal industry. For centuries, until the
1960s, the economy of Northumberland was dependent on coal. Much of the coal
came from the south-east of the county. Other Northumberland pits were found
in the Tyne valley, and near Berwick and Alnwick, these last two districts
being covered in this volume. Many of these collieries were sufficiently
large to warrant the use of waggonways. ....
more
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