English Narrow Gauge Album Volume 2: Volume 2 by Michael Whitehouse

Product Information\n\nEnglish Narrow Gauge Album Volume 2: Volume 2 by Michael Whitehouse\n\nClick on the Image to Enlarge zoom_in\n\nDESCRIPTION\n\nThis album is the second of two volumes covering featuring the extraordinary breadth and individuality of narrow gauge railways in England, ranging from the remarkable Redruth & Chasewater Railway and the much loved Lynton & Barnstaple Railway in Devon to the Ashover Light Railway and industrial lines such as Holman F. Stephens Snailbeach Line in the Shropshire Stiperstones. All profusely illustrated to show the variety of steam locomotives and their operating environment, with many historic pictures never published before. The theme of this book considers the development of narrow gauge railways in England, within the political, legal, economic and social frameworks in the 19th and 20th centuries and often by individuals with considerable prowess. Narrow gauge railways in England were largely built for three different purposes:m