British Railways Past and Present Companion

The current West Somerset Railway runs from Bishops Lydeard near Taunton to Minehead, and at over 21 miles is the longest preserved line in the UK. For that, and for the scale and quality of restoration over the past twenty-five years, it fully deserves to be classed among the premier heritage railways. It incorporates many of the classic ingredients of a traditional GWR branch line: steam-hauled trains and beautiful stations, set in an idyllic countryside of rolling hills and seaside resorts.

John Stretton has researched the archives to come up a wealth of nostalgic photographs of the line in its GWR, BR and early preservation days, and has then gone out with his camera to photograph the same location today. The result is an album that really captures the line's character over the years.

Locations include;
* Bishops Lydeard * Blue Anchor * Crowcombe Heathfield * Doniford Beach Halt * Dunster * Minehead * Norton Fitzwarren * Stogumber * Taunton * Washford * Watchet * Williton

THE WEST SOMERSET RAILWAY

By John Stretton

£ 15.99

ISBN: 978 1 85895 166 9

Format: Softback • Size: 238 x 172mm • Extent: 96pp • Illustrations: c200 b/w

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