Shed Side in South Lancashire & Cheshire

The Last Days of Steam

Nonfiction, Reference & Language, Transportation, Railroads, History
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Author: Kenn Pearce ISBN: 9780750959995
Publisher: The History Press Publication: July 1, 2012
Imprint: The History Press Language: English
Author: Kenn Pearce
ISBN: 9780750959995
Publisher: The History Press
Publication: July 1, 2012
Imprint: The History Press
Language: English

In the 1950s and 1960s south Lancashire and Cheshire was criss-crossed by a web of railway lines, servicing the various needs of local industries. The region was a haven for railway enthusiasts who pursued the hundreds of steam workhorses based at British Railways depots in "chemical towns" such as Warrington, Widnes, Wigan, and Sutton Oak, besides Southport and Northwich. While these facilities appeared less glamorous than larger counterparts in Liverpool or Manchester, the stories of the engines, trains, and the men who were based at the depots in these towns was no less fascinating. Shed Side in Lancashire & Cheshire provides a fascinating portrait of the daily operations of the freight and passenger trains of the region during the final decade of Britain’s steam era. It evokes a period of grimy, metal-clattering, smoke-filled industry, and of an era forever etched in the country's industrial heritage.

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In the 1950s and 1960s south Lancashire and Cheshire was criss-crossed by a web of railway lines, servicing the various needs of local industries. The region was a haven for railway enthusiasts who pursued the hundreds of steam workhorses based at British Railways depots in "chemical towns" such as Warrington, Widnes, Wigan, and Sutton Oak, besides Southport and Northwich. While these facilities appeared less glamorous than larger counterparts in Liverpool or Manchester, the stories of the engines, trains, and the men who were based at the depots in these towns was no less fascinating. Shed Side in Lancashire & Cheshire provides a fascinating portrait of the daily operations of the freight and passenger trains of the region during the final decade of Britain’s steam era. It evokes a period of grimy, metal-clattering, smoke-filled industry, and of an era forever etched in the country's industrial heritage.

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