Thought to be the first book to describe Northamptonshire’s railways in a single volume, this easy-to-read and highly illustrated history considers each route separately, and describes the reasons why each was built and how it evolved from the earliest times to the present day. Twenty specially drawn ‘strip maps’ show clearly the stations, junctions and major features of each route, and the illustrations have either never been published before or are not widely known A comprehensive Bibliography makes the book a valuable resource for the student of local and transport history, while older readers will revel in the many memories of how things used to be!

Peter Butler is a well-known local railway enthusiast, historian and author, and lives in Rushden