Railways Around Worksop Volume 1: The Great Central Line: Sheffield Victoria to Gainsborough Central

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Railways Around Worksop Volume 1: The Great Central Line: Sheffield Victoria to Gainsborough CentralRailways Around Worksop Volume 1: The Great Central Line: Sheffield Victoria to Gainsborough Central 29. 95 Worksop in Nottinghamshire has always been an important centre for the railway, ever since the Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway arrived in the town in 1849. Situated 15 miles from both Sheffield and Doncaster, and 25 miles from Nottingham, Worksop was served by both the Great Central and Midland Railways in the days of steam, and

Hellifield

1F and 3F tanks are seen separately and double heading

Weekend in Ireland: The Lough Gill Railtour – The RPSI’s celebrated three day tour over main lines on 9th

See the Great Western in action in every form and the way the legend continues in the preservation movement of today

this line still offers a great variety of trains

A number of images are from the lineside at various points

while a bit of ‘glamour’ is provided by (some) neatly turned out ‘Jubilee’ 4-6-0s and ‘Coronation’ Pacifics

112 pages B&W archive photographs and exteded captions HARDBACK

Fascinating archive films from the 1960s showing the M7 tanks on auto trains and the final services in 1972 with specials

The last main line from the Midlands to London made use of this route

These are illustrated throughout the ages

and the later work of the Fowler LMS engines on the West Coast main line