Books in the Lost Lines of England series

The 55-mile rail route between Birmingham and Oxford is still an important artery for the Nation?s passenger and freight traffic. Trains from the north of England routed through Birmingham can gain direct access southwards to Reading, and thereby to the south coast. The photographs in this book, though, recall a time up to the mid-1960s...

The railway linking Shrewsbury to Chester has been serving the communities along its length since 1848. It still remains busy with passenger trains and some freight, so it is not lost in the conventional sense, however, this pictorial journey along what remains an attractive and scenic line focuses on its heyday in the age of steam hauled-trains.