Country Railway Routes Reading to Basingstoke

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Country Railway Routes Reading to BasingstokeCountry Railway Routes Reading to Basingstoke 20. 95 by Vic Mitchell & Keith Smith Built as a broad gauge branch of the GWR, this route became an important north south link in the national railway system, eventually becoming part of the Southern Region of British Railways. The diversity of through passenger and freight trains is fully illustrated, as are the varied local services. The long forgotten Reading Central Goods Depot is also featured.

194 Pages Black & White Photographs HARDBACK

Stations Photo Kingswood Junction FC

Ironically

London Bridge to Victoria

The book is a reprint of an official handbook issued for the education of and day-to-day use by British Railways enginemen in late 1957

46 minutes duration

Stations Photo Newcastle Central 1-14 Manors East 15-17 Manors 18-20 Heaton 24-36 Little Benton 37 Benton Quarry Junction 38-42 Forest Hall 43-45 Killingworth 46-53 Annitsford 54-55 Dudley Colliery 56 Cramlington 57-61 Plessey 62-65 Stannington 67-70 Morpeth 71-79 Pegswood 80-84 Longhirst 85-87 Widrington 88-92 Chevington 93-96 Broomhill 97-99 Amble 100-104 Acklington 105-106 Warkworth 108-1110 Alnmouth 111-115

this was the main line between London and Peterborough

Few routes pass through such varied scenes - farmland and forest followed by chemical works and desirable dwellings

Kevin McCormack and Martin Jenkins

The Book of the Southern Moguls

A wealth of unpublished photographs is complemented by stories of a rhubarb bridge

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