Name: Steam Around North Wales: The North Wales Coast and the Lleyn Peninsular
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Author: Hitches, Mike
ISBN: 9781445607658

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Steam Around North Wales: The North Wales Coast and the Lleyn Peninsular

Type

Physical Book

Author

Mike Hitches

Publisher

Amberley Publishing

Year

2013

Language

English

Pages

192

Format

Paperback

ISBN13

9781445607658

Synopsis "Steam Around North Wales: The North Wales Coast and the Lleyn Peninsular"

The North Wales landscape contains everything from steelworks and collieries to national parks and seaside resorts. Thus, there was plenty of traffic to interest the various railway companies that would be established in the area. The main reason for a railway in North Wales, however, was to create a speedier link between Westminster and Ireland. Although the most important railway in North Wales was the Chester & Holyhead, the first to enter the locality was the Shrewsbury & Chester Railway, opened in 1846. The C&HR was opened two years later to connect London with Ireland via Holyhead. From these early beginnings, we explore the whole history of the railways in the area, through mergers and grouping, and the trains that ran on the lines, from 'The Irish Mail' to 'The Welsh Dragon' and summer excursion trains. Despite the 'Modernisation Plan' and 'Beeching Report', the lines to Holyhead and the Cambrian would, once again, see steam as preserved locos headed excursions from 1989 onwards, reliving those wonderful steam days. In Steam Around North Wales, Mike Hitches explores the railway history of the area in the glory days of steam. Days when the railway formed an important part of the infrastructure and thousands of passengers used the trains. Mike covers shed allocations, timetables and preserved lines in this well-illustrated book.

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