Narrow Gauge Railways of North Wales
by Andrew WilsonEstimated delivery 3-12 business days
Format Paperback
Condition Brand New
Description A history of the narrow guage railways of North Wales
One of the joys of the Welsh narrow gauge is its sheer variety and apparent antiquity. While many of the railways were designed from the outset as miniature mainlines, others were constructed on a shoestring. If the railways had anything in common, however, it was their individuality and uniqueness. Those concerns operating in the 1960s were very different organisations to the railways of the 1920s and 30s. The Festiniog and Talyllyn had avoided being absorbed by the Great Western or LMS in 1923 and had gone their own ways, while the Corris, Vale of Rheidol and Welshpool & Llanfair had all come under the umbrella of Swindon. The Snowdon Mountain Railway, the Fairbourne, Glyn Valley and Great Orme Tramway were left to plough their individual furrows in an increasingly road-orientated society. Thanks to the preservation societies, which have revived the fortunes of many of the railways joining forces in 1970 under the banner of 'The Great Little Trains of Wales'. Illustrated with over 200 photographs, Andrew Wilson takes the reader on a nostalgic journey through North Wales, revisiting the rich diversity and charm of the Welsh narrow gauge railways and showing how they have changed in the last half century.
Andrew Wilson is the author of "Beautiful Shadow," which won the Mystery Writers of America Edgar Allan Poe Award for Best Critical Biography. He lives in London.
- ISBN 0752427881
- ISBN-13 9780752427881
- Title Narrow Gauge Railways of North Wales
- Author Andrew Wilson
- Format Paperback
- Year 2003
- Pages 128
- Publisher The History Press Ltd
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