'British Railways Past and Present' is a nationwide series of books featuring photographs of railway locations taken several decades ago which are compared with a photograph of the same scene today. Such is the current pace of change on our railway system that even a few years can reduce a busy and vibrant railway scene to a wasteland or housing estate - or conversely can bring electrification and up-to-the-minute technology to an outdated, run-down route.
In this volume covering The East Midlands are over 250 photographs featuring: * The Midland Main Line from Wellingborough to Loughborough * The former Great Central route * LNWR lines through Northamptonshire * Melton Mowbray, Oakham and the railways of Rutland * The East Coast Main Line from St Neots to Peterborough * Great Eastern routes through Cambridge, Ely and March