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Of Iron and Steel: A Portrait of the Cleator & Workington Junction Railway (Cumbrian Railways Association)

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A comprehensive history of the Cleator and Workington Junction Railway, examining the construction, working life and demise of the railway and its branches.

The early chapters look at the development of industries in the area and the need for a railway. The story then goes on to describe how the railways were used in the area over the years and also the reasons for the closure of the railway and its branches. 

Other railways in the area are also discussed, as are the effects of the Great War, the Grouping of the railways and Nationalisation. Information about locomotives, wagons and buildings is also included. Well-illustrated throughout with archive black & white photographs and maps. Hardback. 216 pages.

 
 

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