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Book Description
One of Britain's most famous railways, whose route covers 500 miles of spectacular Scottish scenery and which operates in the face of severe conditions. This history of the line, the late H.A.Vallance's classic of railway literature, has been updated now by A.J.Lambert (Fifth, extended Edition). The story now includes the changes and controversies of the nineteen nineties, a period of great change for the railway and the communities it serves.
Synopsis
This second volume in the "Railways of the Scottish Highlands" series offers a history of the Highland Railway, one of the most famous Scottish railways, with its route through hundreds of miles of spectacular countryside. It is an updated text which continues the railway's story into the 1990s. It is intended as a book for the general reader and as a reference source for the railway enthusiast.