Slow train to a lost Britain [Daily Mail]
Date: 03/04/2010
Can there be a better image to summon up the spirit of the British landscape than a country branch line?
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Slow train to a lost Britain: discovering a magical world barely changed since the golden age of rail
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A little tank engine chuffs along a single track, a few wisps of steam drifting across the fields, the sun glinting off its copper-capped chimney.
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A remarkable contrast with Cam Camwell's picture of Ramsbottom, [See image 21508] taken one week before closure, is this view 36 years later showing how effective the East Lancashire Railway's efforts have been. The DMU is for Rawtenstall and is waiting to connect with a Santa Special from Bury.
Location: Ramsbottom
Company: East Lancashire Railway
13/12/2008 Mark Bartlett
Location: Ramsbottom
Company: East Lancashire Railway
13/12/2008 Mark Bartlett
Piping the lament at Alva station on 1 November 1954, the last day of passenger services. [See image 29201]
Location: Alva
Company: Alva Railway
01/11/1954 Frank Inglis Collection
Location: Alva
Company: Alva Railway
01/11/1954 Frank Inglis Collection
Tillicoultry station in June 1963.
Location: Tillicoultry
Company: Stirling and Dunfermline Railway
07/06/1963 John Robin
Location: Tillicoultry
Company: Stirling and Dunfermline Railway
07/06/1963 John Robin
