Cumberland
& Westmorland Railway Pictorial, 1948-1968
by Brian J.
Dickson
Runner-up in the 2014 Ian Allan Railway Book of the Year Awards!
This pictorial review
shows the changing railway scene in the counties of Cumberland and Westmorland,
together with the North Lonsdale district of Lancashire, from Nationalisation
until the end of main-line steam in 1968. It contains well-captioned
photographs laid out in date order to show the progression from almost
exclusive steam working to its total decline during this brief period of just
over 20 years.
Two major trunk routes
passed through the area – the Settle and Carlisle line built by the Midland
Railway and the London & North Western Railway’s route over Shap. In
addition, there were many picturesque Lake District and coastal routes such as
the Cockermouth, Keswick and Penrith Railway, the line between Carlisle,
Maryport, Workington and Whitehaven and the electrified Morecambe and Heysham
line.
Containing a large
number of excellent photographs from Britain’s foremost railway photographers,
and showing both the locomotives and the stunning landscape through which they
operated, this book charts the transition of motive power from Nationalisation
to the “Fifteen Guinea Special” in August 1968.
Softback: 96 pages with over 186 photographs
273 x 215mm
978-1-905505-32-6
£14.95
A companion volume to…
Kestrelinks
The Cumbrian Railways Association
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