Buy this book on-line POTTS, C. R: : THE NEWTON ABBOT TO KINGSWEAR RAILWAY (1844-1988)UK.HEADINGTON,OXFORD.OXON.THE OAKWOOD PRESS,1988. ISBN 0853613877.
UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.[OAKWOOD LIBRARY OF RAILWAY HISTORY - No. 75.Laid in loose, publisher's card photographic advertising bookmark.] FINE/FINE.No owner inscrptn and no price-clip to dw/dj.Bright,crisp,clean,glossy laminated,montage'd b/w photographic illustrated dw/dj panels with b/w lettering to front,white lettering to spine; with negligible shelf-wear or creasing to edges and corners - no nicks or tears present.Top+fore-edges bright and clean; contents bright,tight,clean,solid and sound - pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners,appears unread - apart from my own collation.Bright,crisp,clean,sharp-cornered, publisher's original plain green cloth boards with bright,crisp,blocked gilt letters to spine/ backstrip,fold-out gatefold b/w map of principal rail stations on the route,pasted to rear pastedown and immaculate plain pale green endpapers.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,ii-vipp+ 1-218pp [paginated] includes b/w illustrated reverse of title page,contents list/table with bibliography and author's acknowledgements to its reverse,13 chapters,profuse contemporary b/w facsimile reproduction illustrations,rail maps, timetables,adverts etc and b/w photographs, appendices(1-7),an index; plus [unpaginated] title page.
The Newton Abbot to Kingswear Railway was and still is a great favourite with so many people, whether they are railway historians,enthusiasts, modellers or just holidaymakers travelling to their destinations in the West Country.The line is now part State owned from Newton Abbot to Paignton and privately run from Paignton to Kingswear by the Dart Valley Railway Company.
Many of the line's "friends" came by train to Torquay,Paignton of Goodrington as children on holiday,and then,in turn, took their own children there.Others came to Dartmouth for its more peaceful attractions and inspiring scenery.
This book is the first complete history of the line and the author has produced the most comprehensive coverage possible within the limits of this book.
The proposals for he railway in this area were first mooted in 1844 and the continuous history of the line is charted up to the present day.In addition,the close association of the railway with the Kingswear coal trade and the Dartmouth ferries is fully recorded.
A large mainly unpublished photographic section,including many "archive" illustrations, complements the text and there are also many maps,track layout plans and timetables included.
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