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LINES TO TORRINGTONLINES TO TORRINGTON RRP is 29. 95 NOW JUST 19. 95 It is now more than 39 years since publication of the First Edition in 1984, shortly after the line was closed. Fortunately, when John Nicholas first researched the line in the 1970s several of the men who worked on the line, including Harold Mock at Fremington, Owen Hatherell at Bideford, Sid Pring at Torrington, Fred Cooper at Petrockstow and Ernest Holwill of the North Devon Clay Company kindly

The book also describes the history of the Midland 4-4-0s built for the Somerset & Dorset and Midland & Great Northern Railways

short trains were the norm

The varied rolling stock is shown in detail

using the same boiler

some were blown up by terrorists

easily maintained and

Another high-quality large format landscape album to enjoy the reproduction of the absolute best of these quality colour photographs from the era

Gavin Morrison

Market Weighton

but also for their intrinsic artistic qualities: many evoking a tangible sense of ‘being there’

we take a good look at their demise and scrapping with views at Crewe Works

Those who did not know these peaceful byways are in for a pleasant surprise