Warwickshire Railways: Book Review

Lost Railways of Warwickshire by Geoffrey Kingscott

Laminated Card Cover, 212 x 120mm, 160 pages, Black and White Photographs and Illustrations

Countryside Books Ltd. ISBN: 9781846741746 Cover price £11.99

The Lost Railways of Warwickshire listed are:

• Rugby Railway Centre
• MR Leicester to Rugby
• LNWR Market Harborough to Rugby
• LNWR Leamington Spato Rugby
• LNWR Daventry to Leamington Spa
• The Great Central Railway in Warwickshire
• The Stratford and Midland Junction Railway
• The Stratford to Cheltenham Line
• From Horses to Steam - The Stratford upon Avon to Moreton Tramway includingthe GWR Moreton to Shipston on Stour Railway
• GWR Bearley to Alcester
• MR Redditch to Evesham (The Gloucester Loop)
• MR/LNWR Ashby & Nuneaton Joint Railway

The publisher writes that the late Geoffrey Kingscott brings to life the lost railways of Warwickshire, and with modern photographs and those from earlier times, describes the reasons for their construction and for their closure. This book is the perfect compliment to the many pictorial albums on the county's railways. It provides clarity and reason together with a concise history of events along the routes of now forgotten railways. Definitely one for the Christmas and Birthday list.

Mike Musson

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