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Language: en
Pages: 334
Pages: 334
Type: BOOK - Published: 2017-04-30 - Publisher: Casemate Publishers
Festiniog Railway 1836–2014 describes the history of the worlds first steam-operated narrow gauge railway to carry passengers. It covers the history of the ra
Language: en
Pages: 388
Pages: 388
Type: BOOK - Published: 2021-12-30 - Publisher: Pen and Sword Transport
The Snowdon Mountain Railway is one of the great narrow gauge railways of North Wales, with thousands of visitors travelling to the summit of Mount Snowdon alon
Language: en
Pages: 509
Pages: 509
Type: BOOK - Published: 2017-10-30 - Publisher: Pen and Sword
Opened in 1836 as a horse tramway using gravity to carry slate from Blaenau Ffestiniog to Porthmadog, by the 1920s the Festiniog Railway had left its years of t
Language: en
Pages: 211
Pages: 211
Type: BOOK - Published: 2020-04-30 - Publisher: Pen and Sword Transport
Built to carry minerals from mines in the Rheidol valley, the 2ft gauge Vale of Rheidol Railway found its niche carrying tourists to the tourist attraction at D
Language: en
Pages: 329
Pages: 329
Type: BOOK - Published: 2017-10-03 - Publisher: Manchester University Press
Now available in paperback, this is the first academic book to study railway enthusiasts in Britain. Far from a trivial topic, the post-war train spotting craze