Roger Darsley Boeken

Shipped from UK, please allow 10 to 21 business days for arrival. 96pp. Printed boards, no d/j. Scottish Main Lines series. Small inscription and light damp-spotting on e.p.'s, otherwise unmarked.

Conceived as the Edinburgh & Hawick Railway it reached Hawick on 29th October 1849. It was extended south to Carlisle in 1862 and became the third main line route to link Edinburgh and London. Closed in 1969 it is now being prepared for reopening to Tweedbank, south of Galashiels. The branch lines to Lauder and Dalkeith are also included in this book. Includes 120 photographs, large scale maps, and other details of local history.

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The North of England Open Air Museum at Beamish, County Durham, operates in two time zones, 1825 and 1913, to relive the achievements of the North East in an enjoyable but historically accurate way. The museum is now 40 years old and the continued development of the rail transport collections is celebrated as a Great Railway Era.

The eastern part of the route parallel to Hadrian's Wall formed part of one of the earliest railways in Britain and has a fascinating past. This is told with many interesting historic photographs and maps, numerous recent views making astonishing comparisons. Unusual pictures include a train fording a river and another bypassing a tunnel. Includes 120 photographs, large scale maps, and other details of local history.

Shipped from UK, please allow 10 to 21 business days for arrival. 96pp. Ill. boards, no d/j. Small inscription at top of front f.e.p. Condition otherwise nice and clean.

Shipped from UK, please allow 10 to 21 business days for arrival. 96pp. Ill. boards, no d/j. Small inscription at top of front f.e.p. Contents otherwise nice and clean.

Shipped from UK, please allow 10 to 21 business days for arrival. 96pp. Ill. boards, no d/j. Small inscription at top of front f.e.p. Condition otherwise nice and clean.