Northumberland
& Durham Railway Pictorial, 1948-1967
by Brian J.
Dickson
This pictorial review shows the changing railway scene
in the adjoining counties of Northumberland and
Traffic was generated by the major industries of the
region – steel, coal and shipbuilding.
In addition, there were rural branch lines serving farms and communities
in an era when mass car ownership, although on the way, was still a thing of
the future. Both types of traffic,
freight and passenger, found their way to the major routes connecting the towns
and cities of the two counties with the East Coast Main Line to Edinburgh,
Leeds and London.
There are three parts to the book. The three years from Nationalisation
up to December 1950 take the story to the eve of the introduction of BR
Standard locomotives. This is followed
by the period before the introduction of DMUs and main-line diesel locomotives
around December 1956. Finally, ending in
September 1967, we witness the decline and total phasing-out of steam traction
in the area.
Softback: 96 pages with over 180 photographs
273 x 215mm
978-1-905505-20-3
£14.95
A companion volume to…
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