Stenlake Publishing - The Wansbeck Railway – <i>Morpeth to Reedsmouth and on to Bellingham and Rothbury</i>
The Wansbeck Railway – Morpeth to Reedsmouth and on to Bellingham and Rothbury
Author : Roger Jermy ISBN : 9780853617761 Cover : paperback Price : £24.95
With twenty-one chapters, four appendices, and hundreds of illustrations, this is a very comprehensive account of the ‘Wannie’ line located in the northern English county of Northumberland. The chapters include the early years, plans, the building of the line, the route described, ‘Wannie’ line poetry (!), passenger services, goods train services, Royal trains, special trains, special military trains, accidents, signalling, ‘Wannie’ line diary, narrow gauge feeders and tramways, locomotives and engine sheds, ‘Wannie’ line weather, closure, and to bring the story right up to date the line today. By necessity, the book also deals with the route on to Bellingham and the Rothbury Branch.
352 pages, 322 illustrations
The Wansbeck Railway – Morpeth to Reedsmouth and on to Bellingham and Rothbury
