For the Love of Trains

The Story of British Tram and Railway Preservation

Until the 1950s, railway and tramway preservation in this country was largely confined to static exhibits, most notably in the railway museum at York. Occasionally, elderly locomotives would be overhauled for a significant celebration and the idea of amateurs operating a complete railway began on narrow gauge railways in Wales.

With the opening of the Middleton Railway and the Bluebell Railway in 1960, operating a full size line became a reality and now, 48 years later, there are many such railways.

Denis Dunstone considers the growth in rail preservation and details the often herculean efforts made by the pioneers in what is now a substantial tourist industry.

Click on the cover image for a photo of a steam tram and trailer at the National Tramway Museum in Derbyshire.

Ian Allan, 2008 (reprint), 192 pages. Hardback

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