Britain's lost railways

the twentieth-century destruction of our finest railway architecture

188 pages

English language

Published 2011 by Aurum.

ISBN:
978-1-84513-450-1
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OCLC Number:
751806475

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"In this ... book, John Minnis reveals the loss. From the most cavernous engine shed like Old Oak Common to the most eccentric gimcrack country halt like those in Tollesbury's light railway with a tumbvledown carriage body for a waiting room; from a magnificent station setting like Symonds Yat to the remarkable Meccano-like gantries of the Liverpool Overhead Railway or the robust Gothic of the Midland Railway's architecture, here is a pictorial surbey of our lost railway heritage. ..."--Book jacket.

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Subjects

  • Railroads
  • History
  • Buildings and structures
  • Abandonment

Places

  • Great Britain