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The Western Region: British Railways in Colour (Nostalgia Road)

Category: Transport

The Western Region stood apart from all other regions of British Railways, and it very much continued with the traditions of the old Great Western Railway that preceded it. Swindon Works were at the heart of this empire, and even the 1948 nationalisation did little to change the way it worked.

From the crack express trains to Wales and the West Country, to shambling little branch line services, the Western was a region of outstanding contrasts. This book captures the spirit of those days was a wealth of hitherto unpublished photographs.

The Authors

The name of Professor Alan Earnshaw will need little introduction to readers of railway books. The author of over 20 railway books and a lecturer in railway history, he has long believed in the need for a range of reasonably-priced books to re-tell the story of British Railways. In this book, with Kevin Derrick as picture editor, he strives to do just that.

 ©2008 Colourpoint Books