Mapping Britain's Lost Branch Lines: A nostalgic look at Britain's branch lines in old maps and photographs Book

Mapping Britain's Lost Branch Lines: A nostalgic look at Britain's branch lines in old maps and photographs Paul Atterbury, one of Britain's bestselling railway authors, has collected together a fabulous range of old railway maps and photographs of the trains, the people, the stations and the people who worked on them. His nostalgic look at Britain's branch lines provides a remarkable insight into how these lines which criss-crossed the country, were a vital social and economic lifeline for many remote areas. The golden age of railways, usually defined as the first half of the 20th century, was when steam was king and Britain enjoyed a reasonably comprehensive railway network. Today, branch lines are part of a lost world, an era when railway maps of Britain showed lines crisscrossing every county ?û many of which had distinctive, but also lost, names. By bringing together old maps, images of old branch lines and modern photographs of relics that can be discovered today, this book celebrates a Britain of fond memories.Read More