GWR Principal Stations

GWR Principal Stations
by Colin G.Maggs
Paddington, Temple Meads, Snow Hill... names full of rich associations for many generations of railway enthusiasts and the travelling public. Yet these great railway stations, the history of their train services and the buildings themselves, are often taken for granted in the course of their daily use, until sometimes it is suddenly too late.
Well known railway author Colin Maggs delves into the origins of nine principal stations of the Great Western Railway, traces their growth and development, and in a couple of cases charts thei eventual sad decline.
Of the stations included in this book, several have survived into the 1980s largely unchanged from GWR days, with only internal modifications to suit them for present-day requirements. Others have been rebuilt since Nationalisation, with modern buildings and new track layouts replacing the familiar, much loved but sometimes outdated and time-worn Great Western station.
GWR Principal Stations presents the fascinating history of these nine stations and their associated locomotive sheds, and captures in words and photographs the special character and atmosphere which made each of them unique.
144 pages, 1987, Case bound, 7¼" x 9½", 560g
Ian Allan Publishing
ISBN 0-7110-1108-7
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Great Western Country Stations Volume 1
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