MAIN LINES TO THE WEST

This copy is in fine condition bound in green cloth covered boards with bright gilt titling to the spine. This copy is bright, tight, white and square.There is some evidence of adhesion to the front paste down. The unclipped dust wrapper is in as new condition. International postal rates are calculated on a book weighing 1 Kilo, in cases where the book weighs more than 1 Kilo increased postal rates will be quoted, where the book weighs less then postage will be reduced accordingly. Well illustrated account of steam operation on the former GWR & SR main lines to the West Country in the 1950s & 60s, 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 Devon and Cornwall in the days before the private and package trips gained popularity. Main 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 handle heavy flows of traffic and their characteristics. In doing so, it conveys the atmosphere of the main lines to the west most powerfully. Ref Z 5.…