Andy T. Wallis - Branch Lines of East Anglia : Bury, Colne Valley, Saffron Walden and Stour Valley Branches download MOBI, TXT
9781445648279 English 144564827X By the end of the nineteenth century the railway had reached most parts of East Anglia, with two main lines reaching out from London to Norwich, Cambridge and Kings Lynn and with plenty of small secondary and branch lines filling in the gaps between. In this informative volume, Andy T. Wallis uses over 200 fascinating photographs and maps to explore the history of the four lines in North Essex, Suffolk and Cambridgeshire, which have all now closed save for one section of the Stour Valley line. Also included are the branches from Long Melford to Bury St Edmunds, the Saffron Walden branch and the former Colne Valley & Halstead Railway from Chappel & Wakes to Haverhill branch. Well-researched and in depth, thus volume will appeal not only to steam railway enthusiasts, but also to local historians. Book jacket., Covering the Colne and Stour Valley and the Saffron Walden and Bury Branches, in the first volume of a series covering the branch lines of East Anglia, Andy T. Wallis describes the history of each branch line with information on each station, together with photographs, maps and signaling diagrams.
9781445648279 English 144564827X By the end of the nineteenth century the railway had reached most parts of East Anglia, with two main lines reaching out from London to Norwich, Cambridge and Kings Lynn and with plenty of small secondary and branch lines filling in the gaps between. In this informative volume, Andy T. Wallis uses over 200 fascinating photographs and maps to explore the history of the four lines in North Essex, Suffolk and Cambridgeshire, which have all now closed save for one section of the Stour Valley line. Also included are the branches from Long Melford to Bury St Edmunds, the Saffron Walden branch and the former Colne Valley & Halstead Railway from Chappel & Wakes to Haverhill branch. Well-researched and in depth, thus volume will appeal not only to steam railway enthusiasts, but also to local historians. Book jacket., Covering the Colne and Stour Valley and the Saffron Walden and Bury Branches, in the first volume of a series covering the branch lines of East Anglia, Andy T. Wallis describes the history of each branch line with information on each station, together with photographs, maps and signaling diagrams.