No 37 South Wales (Part 3) (British Railways Past and Present)

‘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. Much can change over the course of a few years - once active stations can die away to nothing more than wasteland; electrification and modernisation can rejuvenate a once floundering station and line. Whatever the change may be, this photographic album captures it all - and with captions on all of the photographs, this book will appeal to both railway enthusiasts and anyone with an interest in the recent history of the area. In this third volume on South Wales, covering the area around Swansea, Port Talbot, Neath and the Western Valleys, are over 200 photographs featuring * Great Western lines from Mid Wales * The South Wales main line west from Newport * The railways of Newport * Valley lines of the former Welsh Independent Railways * The ‘Industrial lines’ around Port Talbot steel works and the Colliery Routes from the Valleys