Main Lines to the West

Inb the 1950's and 1960's the period covered in this book, steam traction saw its final flourish on these well-loved routes as the postwar holiday crowds flooded out of London for the tourist areas in Dvon and Cornwall in the days before the private and package trips gained ascendance. Msain Lines to the West gives a photographic record on this fondly remembered era of rail travel and documents the facts and details of the train services and motive power. Best of all it gives some clue to the magnetic attraction of the holiday routes to the West, their ability to handley heavy flows of traffic and their characteristics. In doing so, it conveys the atmosphere of the main lines to the west most powerfully. This illustrated 1981 first edition is sold in FINE condition in a FINE unclipped dustwrapper.