Past & Present Companions
3 total works
The Welsh Highland Railway Volume 1: A Phoenix Rising (A Past and Present Companion)
by John Stretton
Published 24 April 2004
Although published in 1999 when the WHR ran only from Caernarfon to Dinas, John Stretton covers the whole route through to Porthmadog. The remarkable archive views of the course of the old line serve to illustrate what has since been achieved in reinstating this railway through some of the most magnificent scenery in the British Isles.
2006 was a landmark year in the history of the Dean Forest Railway, with the opening of the extension to Parkend by HRH Princess Anne. This title presents a selection of 'past' views' and contrasts them with developments on the railway, which took place since the publication of the earlier volume in 2002.
This Cornish line is one of the most scenic of Britain's preserved railways. John Stretton takes us from the main line at Bodmin Parkway to Bodmin General and along the branch to Boscarne Junction and onwards to Wenford. He also looks at the associated closed lines to Wadebridge and Padstow, now the route of the highly popular Camel Trail cycle path.