Books in the Railways & Recollections series

A true country branch line of the old Great Western Railway, the West Somerset Railway is full of fascination, whether you are looking for a nostalgic ride back in time through lovely countryside or to study the railway and industrial heritage that the line preserves.

For the younger reader there are wonderful pictures of trains, real trains. There will, for example, be tank engines, engines, electric trains and multiple units and many more varieties besides! Some will be recognised from train sets, model railways and books, while others will be seen for the first time. in this volume we travel back to 1970.

This 47th volume in the growing Recollections series takes us to the edge of Fenland Britain for a visit to the Nene Valley Railway the only preserved line in the country to have been restored to the European Berne loading gauge. This enables the line to run a wide variety of trains made up of both British and European rolling stock.