Publisher's Synopsis
Since the Nationalisation of Britain's railways in 1948 the nation's railway network has almost halved, with the closure of duplicate and unremunerative lines.  Although Dr Beeching is widely regarded as the perpetrator of the policy that led to many of these closures - in so far as he was chairman at the time of the infamous Reshaping Report in the early 1960's - it was a process that had started well before his rise to power.  The result of these closures is that Britain has a remarkable heritage of closed railways and stations, some well-known and others less familiar, but all of which have a fascinating history.  In the 'Lost Line' series Nigel Wellborn, who over more than 30 years has visited and revisited most railway lines in the British Isles, provides an illustrated history to many of these lines.  Dividing the country into the BR regions, each volume is illustrated with a superb range of some 250 mono illustrations - photographs maps ephemera and tickets. 
Ian Allan Publishing Ltd.; 1997. Paperback. Spine sunned. 128 pp. No inscriptions or previous owners names. Text clean and binding tight. Preowned. ISBN: 0711025223.