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Britain's Light Railways was first published by Moorland press in 1985 and has not been available for over twenty five years. The book covers the overall history of the last great railway boom in Britain, the light railway boom, from 1896 to the beginning of the Great War in 1914. During this period a large number of narrow and standard gauge lines were constructed both in Britain and Ireland, in order to serve and open up areas of both countries that lacked adequate transport links. This book tells the story of how these lines were constructed and why in most cases they eventually failed, due to post First World War road competition. 200 b/w including memorabilia

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Anthony Burton is an author and broadcaster, who has written many reputable books on history, industrial history and transport history. He was born in 1934 and now lives in Stroud, Gloucestershire, with his wife. John Scott-Morgan is an author of thirty-two books on railway history and a leading writer on light railway subjects. He was the founder of the British Overseas Railways Historical Trust, an educational trust dedicated to preserving archives connected with Britain's contribution to world railway development. Born in London in 1954, John now lives in Woking, Surrey.

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