Railways in Cumbria

The Transport Library\nWelcome To Our eBay Store!\nAdd to Favorites\nFeedBack\nSave This Seller\nToggle navigation\nThe Transport Library\n--Home\n--About Us \n--Shipping Policy \n--Payment Options \n--Returns Policy \n--Contact Us\nLNER Steam in the 1930s\nCompiled by David Spaven\n\u00A313.5080 pages / 77 illustrations / hardback cover / ISBN 9781913893200/ 245x190mm dimensions / landscape format\n\nEven in today\u2019s rationalised railway world, Cumbria \u2013 England\u2019s most north-westerly county \u2013 offers a microcosm of what the iron road does. This variety was all the greater in the heyday of the railway, shaped by a distinctive geography and major economic forces in the form of mass tourism and concentrated industrial development. Add to the mix a lengthy coastline indented by estuaries and rivers such as the Coniston, Derwent, Duddon, Eden, Esk and Kent \u2013 and a strategic position en route from London to Glasgow \u2013 and you have a recipe for a glorious .