All Change!: Visiting the Byways of Britain's Railway Network

by Paul Atterbury

The most intriguing and least known of Britain’s railways are the minor lines, including rural routes and branch lines—some still active if little-used, others long since lost—industrial and docks lines, and narrow gauge and miniature lines. These can be found in all corners of the country and represent, both historically and in modern terms, a delightful miscellany of the unusual and the quirky. Never seen before images of Britain’s unsung railways are accompanied by lively, informative text, exploring an institution once vital to the commercial and social life of Britain but now largely forgotten, abandoned by the changes in modern-day travel and transport habits.

Genres: Railways, Travel, History

256 pages, Hardcover

First published September 30, 2005

About the author

Paul Rowley Atterbury, FRSA is a British antiques expert, known for his many appearances since 1979 on the BBC TV programme Antiques Roadshow. He specialises in the art, architecture, design and decorative arts of the 19th and 20th centuries. - Wikipedia

Reviews

[Mark Maguire · Rating 4 out of 5]

This was an evocative review of lost railway lines across the United Kingdom.

The book consists of high quality photographs accompanied by informative captions. The focus of the Author is upon both the high-profile casualties of the combined myopia of Beeching and successive transport ministers, such as the M&GN; Somerset and Dorset, and the life-lines of the Scottish Highlands.


The author also considers the "natural" demise of forgotten lines across the country and the across the gauges and in doing so, casts a spotlight on a way of life now lost forever to the notion of efficiency and progress.

[Ipswichblade · Rating 4 out of 5]

Easy book to read full of great photos