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In this book author, modeller and railway historian Robert Hendry draws on his extensive collection of historical images to present a photographic portrait of the Euston to Birmingham route through the years up to the Rail Blue era of British Rail which ended in the 1980s.","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56297931964789,"sku":"9781398123953","price":15.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9781398123953_2a7e8de0-7475-4639-9319-31d220286383.jpg?v=1786018317"},{"product_id":"9781398113855","title":"Rails Around Rugby","description":"Railways Around Rugby: Pre-Grouping to Rail Blue tells the story of change on the railway network in the Rugby area, covering a period spanning from before the Grouping of the Railways in 1923 to the BR Rail Blue era of the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s. During the late nineteenth and early twentieth century, The London \u0026amp; North Western Railway, The Great Central Railway and the Midland Railway all operated in and around Rugby. Rugby was served by two stations, Rugby and Rugby Central. The latter closed in 1969 and was an important railway junction on what became the West Coast Main Line, with routes to Birmingham and the North West and Scotland in one direction and to London Euston and Northampton in the other. The Great Central route from Sheffield and the East Midlands ran to London at Marylebone. By the 1960s, the West Coast Main Line was electrified around Rugby and the Great Central closed in the same decade, as well as the lines to Leamington, Leicester and Peterborough and the engine sheds at Rugby.In this book author Robert Hendry portrays the changing face of the railways around Rugby, utilising a wealth of rare and previously unpublished images.","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56298001203573,"sku":"9781398113855","price":15.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9781398113855_5b49bee1-0616-41a5-9a6d-541c431b0e15.jpg?v=1786017946"},{"product_id":"9781398113954","title":"The GWR's Forgotten Main Line to the North","description":"\u003cp\u003eA key part of the Great Western Railway’s network was the main line to the North through Birmingham. From London, this route, including the Princes Risborough cut-off, joined Didcot, Oxford, Banbury and Birmingham, and then Wolverhampton, Chester and Shrewsbury, opening up destinations in the North and North West. The GWR also ran services on its joint lines with the London \u0026amp; North Western Railway and the Great Central Railway to reach Birkenhead and York. 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The variety of traditional signalling in use in the BR era, from the pre-Grouping infrastructure and mechanical signalling up to BR-built signal boxes prior to the conversion to colour-light signalling, is explored here. 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The main line served Exeter and Plymouth and named trains such as the ‘Atlantic Coast Express’ and the ‘Devon Belle’ took holidaymakers to the coastal resorts, including Padstow, Bude and Ilfracombe. In addition, a network of lines served smaller locations in the two counties. Many of these lines were closed in the 1960s, during the Beeching era, and earlier BR’s Western Region had taken over the Southern’s lines in Devon and Cornwall west of Exeter.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith a wealth of fascinating period photographs, railway historian Robert Hendry documents the changing face of the railways on these lines, from the days of the Southern Railway into BR’s ownership.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56368752525685,"sku":"9781398124639","price":15.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9781398124639_75f4ddcc-8101-4b78-9da1-d108c8e70aab.jpg?v=1786018340"},{"product_id":"south-west-main-line-from-london-waterloo-to-eastleigh","title":"The South West Main Line From London Waterloo to Eastleigh","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe South West Main Line to connect London with the port of Southampton and on to Weymouth was built by the London \u0026amp; South Western Railway (LSWR), with the first stages opening in the 1830s and 1840s. By the time the terminus at Waterloo opened in 1848 the line was complete to the old Terminus station at Southampton by the docks. This station has since closed but the line serves passengers today from London, through Surrey, Hampshire and Dorset. Over the years it has seen changes of ownership from the LSWR, to the Southern Railway in the 1923 Grouping, British Railways after Nationalisation in 1948, until privatisation in the 1990s. During this time rolling stock changed markedly too, from steam to modern traction, the line electrified and infrastructure and signalling steadily modernised.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis photographic survey of the South West Main Line from London Waterloo to the major junction of Eastleigh, with photographs and other illustrations from the early days of the line under London \u0026amp; South Western Railway ownership to Network SouthEast and the end of BR, will appeal to all those with an interest in the history of railways in this area and in the changes in Britain’s railways in general over the years.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57503805210997,"sku":"9781398131224","price":15.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9781398131224.jpg?v=1786867517"},{"product_id":"isle-of-man-railway-1927-1965","title":"The Isle of Man Railway 1927-1965","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe Isle of Man Railway opened its first routes in the 1870s and by the mid 1920s the narrow gauge railway owned not only an extensive network of railway lines on the Isle of Man but also the majority of the island’s bus services. The railway remained profitable for much of its history, largely operated by steam with the addition of two diesel railcars bought in 1960, but as the 1960s progressed, financial pressures of maintaining locomotives and infrastructure with falling passenger numbers became unsustainable and the railway ceased services in 1965. 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