tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27074334425730990402012-01-06T02:12:45.969-08:00My reviews of books and music about trains, plus a few thoughts and links to relevant websites.Peter Durward Harrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06172943919919044658noreply@blogger.comBlogger71100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2707433442573099040.post-55675918104357394922009-07-11T01:18:00.001-07:002011-08-19T02:46:56.128-07:00<! start pdh body> <div class="pdhdisplay"> <div class="text"> <h1> Trains </h1> <p class="middle"> <! 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Maybe one day I'll say more, but other websites already do that. </p> </div> <h3> Full steam ahead </h3> <p> If you want to travel by or see British steam trains, there are plenty of places to visit as I show in my page of links to websites focusing on <a href="http://peterdurwardharris1.blogspot.com/2009/07/britains-railway-heritage.html">Britain's railway heritage</a>. </p> <h3> On the Amazon customer reviews DB </h3> <p class="middle"> <a href="http://forums.prosperotechnologies.com/n/mb/message.asp?webtag=am-custreview&#38;msg=9104.1" target="pdh">Best train songs</a> </p> <h3> On the Amazon pop music forum </h3> <p class="middle"> <a href="http://www.amazon.com/tag/pop/forum?%5Fencoding=UTF8&cdForum=Fx3U4VU9LZIWOFY&cdThread=Tx17CLVUO8HZA3B&displayType=tagsDetail" target="pdh"> Train songs </a> </p> <h3> On the 9513 country music forum </h3> <p class="middle"> <a href="http://www.the9513.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=64" target="pdh"> Train songs </a> </p> <h3> Buy your train books here </h3> <p> <a href="http://astore.amazon.com/peterdurwardharris1-20" target="pdh"> My train books store</a> enables you to easily buy whatever is available from Amazon, whether or not I've reviewed it. </p> <h3> Publishers </h3> <p> For books about British trains, the main publishers are <a href="http://www.ianallanpublishing.com/" target="pdh">Ian Allan</a> and <a href="http://www.davidandcharles.co.uk/" target="pdh">David and Charles</a>. Both publishers are well represented in the train books I've reviewed. </p> <p class="middle"> <table width=240> <caption> My reviews of train products </caption> <colgroup class="alpha"> <thead> <tr> <th> &nbsp; </th> </tr> <tbody> <tr class="background-white"> <td> <a href="http://peterdurwardharris1.blogspot.com/2009/07/my-usa-book-reviews.html"> My USA book reviews </a> </td> </tr> <tr class="background-pale"> <td> <a href="http://peterdurwardharris1.blogspot.com/2009/07/my-uk-book-reviews.html"> My UK book reviews </a> </td> </tr> <tr class="background-white"> <td> <a href="http://peterdurwardharris1.blogspot.com/2009/07/my-usa-music-reviews.html"> My USA music reviews </a> </td> </tr> <tr class="background-pale"> <td> <a href="http://peterdurwardharris1.blogspot.com/2009/07/my-uk-music-reviews.html"> My UK music reviews </a> </td> </tr> </table> </div> <! end pdh body><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2707433442573099040-5567591810435739492?l=peterdurwardharris1.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Peter Durward Harrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06172943919919044658noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2707433442573099040.post-44949161941606938982009-07-11T01:17:00.001-07:002011-08-18T02:17:12.851-07:00<! start pdh body> <div class="pdhdisplay"> <div class="text"> <h1> My story </h1> <p class="middle"> <! 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While modern trains are very practical, they are so boring despite being cleaner, faster and more comfortable than the old puffers. However, I still enjoy reading about the old days and listening to songs about trains. Those books and music provide enough material to justify this mini-blog. </p> <p> As a child, I was fascinated by trains - initially model trains but later the real things. In 1965, I joined up with a crowd of train spotters at school. Train spotting has a very nerdy reputation but when I joined that crowd, it was as much a social thing as anything else. We often went to the local station in the evenings and played cards (I remember that &#34;Cheat&#34; was the usual game) only interrupting the game when a train came in. In the fall (autumn) of 1966, I moved to another town and gradually lost touch with the crowd I'd been with. Although I maintained an interest in train spotting for a while, it wasn't the same without the crowd (and therefore easy to see it as nerdy) and lost interest in it, but I remained interested in other aspects of trains long after I gave up train spotting. </p> <p> I never succeeded in learning to drive a car although I tried, so trains became my mode of transport for long-distance journeys, as well as for commuting to work in some jobs. In the first few years I enjoyed those train journeys as I could always find plenty to observe but with ever-greater standardization, I found less and less to interest me. So now my interest in trains is limited mainly to nostalgia although I'm always interested to hear about major new developments such as <a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/in_depth/629/629/6969116.stm" target="pdh">the Channel Tunnel link to St Pancras</a>. </p> <p> Leicester, which has been served by trains to St Pancras since the mid-19th century, is a good place to wallow in nostalgia. There is plenty to see of <a href="http://www.gcrleicester.info/index.html" target="pdh">the former Great Central line</a>. A section to the north of the city has been preserved, while much of the route through the city is easily traceable with the southern section being converted into a footpath and many remnants of the northern section (originally built on a series of viaducts and bridges) still clear to see. Remnants of other closed lines can also be found in and around Leicester. Some of these remnants will disappear as further developments take place. </p> <p> The <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Braunstone_Gate_Bridge" target="pdh">disused bowstring bridge</a>, which has been in a bad state for many years, was supposed to be demolished in 2008, but the demolition contractors have not yet started work because the legal battle continues. To be honest, indecision is the worst option because the area around the bridge badly needs redevelopment, which cannot proceed until it is known whether the bridge stays or goes. On one level, I can see why people want to preserve it, but I'm not convinced that it's worth the estimated cost of restoration, especially as it wouldn't serve any practical purpose once restored. </p> <p> When Tony Blair's government came to power in 1997, one of the things they hoped to do was to encourage more people and freight to go by trains instead of by road. It seems that they've given up on that idea because they considered a major rail closure program (the biggest in Britain since <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beeching_Axe" target="pdh">Beeching in the sixties</a>) and we might have only been left with major long distance routes together with urban commuter networks. It seems that the idea has been killed off because the savings made (if there were any) would be minimal. That scare aside, it seems that trains have an important future in Britain, with the <a href="http://www.crossrail.co.uk/" target="pdh">London Crossrail scheme</a> now being given the go-ahead, although it's not scheduled to open until 2017. Still doubts remain about this or any future British government regarding their real commitment to trains. </p> </div> </div> <! end pdh body><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2707433442573099040-4494916194160693898?l=peterdurwardharris1.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Peter Durward Harrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06172943919919044658noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2707433442573099040.post-41909946602948461822009-07-10T03:12:00.000-07:002011-10-08T01:36:38.193-07:00<! start pdh body> <div class="pdhdisplay"> <div class="text"> <h1> My USA book reviews </h1> <p class="middle"> <! 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Some are not listed in America while others are only listed for used copies there. If you particularly want a book, it's worth checking Amazon.co.uk. </p> </div> <p class="middle"> <table> <caption> My USA book reviews </caption> <thead> <tr> <th> Paul Atterbury </th> </tr> <tbody> <tr class="background-white"> <td> <a href="http://www.amazon.com/review/RWN5RUVLWD4E3/?_encoding=UTF8&tag=httpukgeoci0b-20&linkCode=ur2&camp=1789&creative=9325" target="pdh">Branch line Britain</a> </td> </tr> <tr class="background-pale"> <td> <a href="http://www.amazon.com/review/R3DITESCB1MP50/?_encoding=UTF8&tag=httpukgeoci0b-20&linkCode=ur2&camp=1789&creative=9325" target="pdh">Tickets please</a> </td> </tr> <tr class="background-white"> <td> <a href="http://www.amazon.com/review/R2KY49BI2UXP89/?_encoding=UTF8&tag=httpukgeoci0b-20&linkCode=ur2&camp=1789&creative=9325" target="pdh">Along lost lines</a> </td> </tr> <tr class="background-pale"> <td> <a href="http://www.amazon.com/review/RNEQO3B4FN06U/?_encoding=UTF8&tag=httpukgeoci0b-20&linkCode=ur2&camp=1789&creative=9325" target="pdh">All change!</a> </td> </tr> <tr class="background-white"> <td> <a href="http://www.amazon.com/review/R2T9YFVA3G4HHN/?_encoding=UTF8&tag=httpukgeoci0b-20&linkCode=ur2&camp=1789&creative=9325" target="pdh">Life along the line</a> </td> </tr> <tr class="background-pale"> <td> <a href="http://www.amazon.com/review/R3753591QCTLWN/?_encoding=UTF8&tag=httpukgeoci0b-20&linkCode=ur2&camp=1789&creative=9325" target="pdh">Along main lines</a> </td> </tr> <tr class="background-white"> <td> <a href="http://www.amazon.com/review/R23QVET8R1MVBH/?_encoding=UTF8&tag=httpukgeoci0b-20&linkCode=ur2&camp=1789&creative=9325" target="pdh">Discovering Britain's lost railways</a> </td> </tr> <tr class="background-pale"> <td> <a href="http://www.amazon.com/review/R2XGDI5P0LHR6M/?_encoding=UTF8&tag=httpukgeoci0b-20&linkCode=ur2&camp=1789&creative=9325" target="pdh">On holiday; the way we were (not about trains, but included here anyway)</a> </td> </tr> <tr> <th> Julian Holland </th> </tr> <tbody> <tr class="background-white"> <td> <a href="http://www.amazon.com/review/R80V8MU4HVGAK/?_encoding=UTF8&tag=httpukgeoci0b-20&linkCode=ur2&camp=1789&creative=9325" target="pdh">The lost lines of Britain: a nostalgic trip along Britain's lost railways</a> </td> </tr> <tr class="background-pale"> <td> <a href="http://www.amazon.com/review/R328Q91UZQ8DLA/?_encoding=UTF8&tag=httpukgeoci0b-20&linkCode=ur2&camp=1789&creative=9325" target="pdh">Discovering Scotland's lost railways</a> </td> </tr> <tr class="background-white"> <td> <a href="http://www.amazon.com/review/ROKU3OCDGRVBW/?_encoding=UTF8&tag=httpukgeoci0b-20&linkCode=ur2&camp=1789&creative=9325" target="pdh">Discovering Scotland's lost local lines</a> </td> </tr> <tr class="background-pale"> <td> <a href="http://www.amazon.com/review/ROBED37UR9DVB/?_encoding=UTF8&tag=httpukgeoci0b-20&linkCode=ur2&camp=1789&creative=9325" target="pdh">Discovering Britain's little trains</a> </td> </tr> </tr> <thead> <tr> <th> Robin Jones </th> </tr> <tbody> <tr class="background-white"> <td> <a href="http://www.amazon.com/review/R386H8B0FER7IP/?_encoding=UTF8&tag=httpukgeoci0b-20&linkCode=ur2&camp=1789&creative=9325" target="pdh">Electric trains</a> </td> </tr> <tr class="background-pale"> <td> <a href="http://www.amazon.com/review/R2ER97RZCHNOLF/?_encoding=UTF8&tag=httpukgeoci0b-20&linkCode=ur2&camp=1789&creative=9325" target="pdh">Britain's bizarre railways</a> </td> </tr> <thead> <tr> <th> Other </th> </tr> <tbody> <tr class="background-white"> <td> <a href="http://www.amazon.com/review/RX71XCHJOIXVJ/?_encoding=UTF8&tag=httpukgeoci0b-20&linkCode=ur2&camp=1789&creative=9325" target="pdh">New illustrated encyclopedia of railroad locomotives (Robert Tufnell)</a> </td> </tr> <tr class="background-pale"> <td> <a href="http://www.amazon.com/review/R3R4K56PX33XJE/?_encoding=UTF8&tag=httpukgeoci0b-20&linkCode=ur2&camp=1789&creative=9325" target="pdh">GWR then and now (Laurence Waters)</a> </tr> <tr class="background-white"> <td> <a href="http://www.amazon.com/review/R2SORY59BJX2EF/?_encoding=UTF8&tag=httpukgeoci0b-20&linkCode=ur2&camp=1789&creative=9325" target="pdh">Around the Great Western then and now (Laurence Waters)</a> </tr> <tr class="background-pale"> <td> <a href="http://www.amazon.com/review/R3C5D2SYQBWVT8/?_encoding=UTF8&tag=httpukgeoci0b-20&linkCode=ur2&camp=1789&creative=9325" target="pdh">Classic British steam trains (Colin Garratt)</a> </td> </tr> <tr class="background-white"> <td> <a href="http://www.amazon.com/review/R3D5B79WAM9WN3/?_encoding=UTF8&tag=httpukgeoci0b-20&linkCode=ur2&camp=1789&creative=9325" target="pdh">British steam railways (David Ross)</a> </td> </tr> <tr class="background-pale"> <td> <a href="http://www.amazon.com/review/R2EEW0WRCY9JGU/?_encoding=UTF8&tag=httpukgeoci0b-20&linkCode=ur2&camp=1789&creative=9325" target="pdh">Railways' strangest journeys (Tom Quinn)</a> </td> </tr> <tr class="background-white"> <td> <a href="http://www.amazon.com/review/RVACIPJBTPGM8/?_encoding=UTF8&tag=httpukgeoci0b-20&linkCode=ur2&camp=1789&creative=9325" target="pdh">Lost railways of Leicestershire and Rutland (Geoffrey Kingscott)</a> </td> </tr> <tr class="background-pale"> <td> <a href="http://www.amazon.com/review/R3V1OWZWVW4O1/?_encoding=UTF8&tag=httpukgeoci0b-20&linkCode=ur2&camp=1789&creative=9325" target="pdh">Lost railways of Northumberland (Robert Kinghorn)</a> </td> </tr> <tr class="background-white"> <td> <a href="http://www.amazon.com/review/R1P13064TP5LJ1/?_encoding=UTF8&tag=httpukgeoci0b-20&linkCode=ur2&camp=1789&creative=9325" target="pdh">Lost railways of Wiltshire (Justin Bailey)</a> </td> </tr> <tr class="background-pale"> <td> <a href="http://www.amazon.com/review/RIT2WI7UB04BC/?_encoding=UTF8&tag=httpukgeoci0b-20&linkCode=ur2&camp=1789&creative=9325" target="pdh">Steam (Colin Garratt)</a> </td> </tr> <tr class="background-white"> <td> <a href="http://www.amazon.com/review/RX4E0T6H4BK43/?_encoding=UTF8&tag=httpukgeoci0b-20&linkCode=ur2&camp=1789&creative=9325" target="pdh">Steam sheds and their locomotives (Chris Gammell)</a> </tr> <tr class="background-pale"> <td> <a href="http://www.amazon.com/review/R28S7PZZ8Q1ZRI/?_encoding=UTF8&tag=httpukgeoci0b-20&linkCode=ur2&camp=1789&creative=9325" target="pdh">Great Western horse power (Janet Russell)</a> </td> </tr> <tr class="background-white"> <td> <a href="http://www.amazon.com/review/R3P19JXZD06AT3/?_encoding=UTF8&tag=httpukgeoci0b-20&linkCode=ur2&camp=1789&creative=9325" target="pdh">London Midland then and now (Gavin Morrison)</a> </td> </tr> <tr class="background-pale"> <td> <a href="http://www.amazon.com/review/RRK9V5QNX50UB/?_encoding=UTF8&tag=httpukgeoci0b-20&linkCode=ur2&camp=1789&creative=9325" target="pdh">Heyday of the HST (Gavin Morrison)</a> </td> </tr> <tr class="background-white"> <td> <a href="http://www.amazon.com/review/R2RIQPZWU86MQZ/?_encoding=UTF8&tag=httpukgeoci0b-20&linkCode=ur2&camp=1789&creative=9325" target="pdh">Green diesel days (Derek Huntriss)</a> </td> </tr> <tr class="background-pale"> <td> <a href="http://www.amazon.com/review/R3SWHG4U3BXBBR/?_encoding=UTF8&tag=httpukgeoci0b-20&linkCode=ur2&camp=1789&creative=9325" target="pdh">Blue diesel days (Paul Shannon)</a> </td> </tr> <tr class="background-white"> <td> <a href="http://www.amazon.com/review/R1SH8OQB26RQME/?_encoding=UTF8&tag=httpukgeoci0b-20&linkCode=ur2&camp=1789&creative=9325" target="pdh">The diesel shunter (Colin Marsden)</a> </td> </tr> <tr class="background-pale"> <td> <a href="http://www.amazon.com/review/RCZNJQB8OCHJV/?_encoding=UTF8&tag=httpukgeoci0b-20&linkCode=ur2&camp=1789&creative=9325" target="pdh">Railways across the Pennines (Stanley C Jenkins, Howard Quayle)</a> </tr> <tr class="background-white"> <td> <a href="http://www.amazon.com/review/R39QGNJYY2HF8P/?_encoding=UTF8&tag=httpukgeoci0b-20&linkCode=ur2&camp=1789&creative=9325" target="pdh">Memories of steam (Tom Quinn)</a> </td> </tr> <tr class="background-pale"> <td> <a href="http://www.amazon.com/review/R15EO0DOF3ID8S/?_encoding=UTF8&tag=httpukgeoci0b-20&linkCode=ur2&camp=1789&creative=9325" target="pdh">Fire and steam (Christian Wolmar)</a> </td> </tr> <tr class="background-white"> <td> <a href="http://www.amazon.com/review/R3L5WCD2Y5SSR8/?_encoding=UTF8&tag=httpukgeoci0b-20&linkCode=ur2&camp=1789&creative=9325" target="pdh">Level crossings (Stanley Hall)</a> </td> </tr> <tr class="background-pale"> <td> <a href="http://www.amazon.com/review/RF87DH4PP80IB/?_encoding=UTF8&tag=httpukgeoci0b-20&linkCode=ur2&camp=1789&creative=9325" target="pdh">The royal train (Brian Hoey)</a> </td> </tr> <tr class="background-white"> <td> <a href="http://www.amazon.com/review/R40RZGOEIEOST/?_encoding=UTF8&tag=httpukgeoci0b-20&linkCode=ur2&camp=1789&creative=9325" target="pdh">Bradshaw's railway map 1907: Great Britain and Ireland: the railway network at its zenith</a> </td> </tr> <tr class="background-pale"> <td> <a href="http://www.amazon.com/review/R106BKNV5PIU4T/?_encoding=UTF8&tag=httpukgeoci0b-20&linkCode=ur2&camp=1789&creative=9325" target="pdh">Southern, then and now (Mike Esau)</a> </td> </tr> <tr class="background-white"> <td> <a href="http://www.amazon.com/review/R3JMTAUVIS2NIH/?_encoding=UTF8&tag=httpukgeoci0b-20&linkCode=ur2&camp=1789&creative=9325" target="pdh">Great Central Railway (Matt Allen)</a> </td> </tr> <tr class="background-pale"> <td> <a href="http://www.amazon.com/review/RMOI56YL9G2CJ/?_encoding=UTF8&tag=httpukgeoci0b-20&linkCode=ur2&camp=1789&creative=9325" target="pdh">A decade of change (Mark Darby, Paul Higgins, Neil Higson, Adrian Kenny)</a> </td> </tr> <tr class="background-white"> <td> <a href="http://www.amazon.com/review/R2EJPKP95LS0L4/?_encoding=UTF8&tag=httpukgeoci0b-20&linkCode=ur2&camp=1789&creative=9325" target="pdh">Isambard's kingdom: travels in Brunel's England (Judy Jones)</a> </td> </tr> <tr class="background-pale"> <td> <a href="http://www.amazon.com/review/R2GWA9ONW026VB/?_encoding=UTF8&tag=httpukgeoci0b-20&linkCode=ur2&camp=1789&creative=9325" target="pdh">Best of Britain’s steam railways (AA)</a> </td> </tr> <tr class="background-white"> <td> <a href="http://www.amazon.com/review/R2E0WGR9VMVYKZ/?_encoding=UTF8&tag=httpukgeoci0b-20&linkCode=ur2&camp=1789&creative=9325" target="pdh">Angus and Kincardineshire lost railways (Gordon Stansfield)</a> </td> </tr> <tr class="background-pale"> <td> <a href="http://www.amazon.com/review/R3NTTKOBU6ETDF/?_encoding=UTF8&tag=httpukgeoci0b-20&linkCode=ur2&camp=1789&creative=9325" target="pdh">Horton's guide to British railways in feature films (Glyn Horton)</a> </td> </tr> <tr class="background-white"> <td> <a href="http://www.amazon.com/review/R82XD5GD4RSEV/?_encoding=UTF8&tag=httpukgeoci0b-20&linkCode=ur2&camp=1789&creative=9325" target="pdh">50 famous British locomotives (Peter Herring)</a> </td> </tr> <tr class="background-pale"> <td> <a href="http://www.amazon.com/review/R11TCDGP6WY9LT/?_encoding=UTF8&tag=httpukgeoci0b-20&linkCode=ur2&camp=1789&creative=9325" target="pdh">Steam: a life on the railway (Pete Waterman)</a> </td> </tr> <tr class="background-white"> <td> <a href="http://www.amazon.com/review/ROMSW2H3FX2CS/?_encoding=UTF8&tag=httpukgeoci0b-20&linkCode=ur2&camp=1789&creative=9325" target="pdh">Amazing and Extraordinary London Underground Facts (Stephen Halliday)</a> </td> </tr> <tr class="background-pale"> <td> <a href="http://www.amazon.com/review/R1LU2K5FVAED9S/?_encoding=UTF8&tag=httpukgeoci0b-20&linkCode=ur2&camp=1789&creative=9325" target="pdh">Scarborough and Whitby Railway Through Time (Robin Lidster)</a> </td> </tr> <tr class="background-white"> <td> <a href="http://www.amazon.com/review/R6IC1E4I3FQDO/?_encoding=UTF8&tag=httpukgeoci0b-20&linkCode=ur2&camp=1789&creative=9325" target="pdh">Pocket encyclopedia of British steam railways and locomotives (O S Nock)</a> </td> </tr> <tr class="background-pale"> <td> <a href="http://www.amazon.com/review/R2HM8I5HTNRQSH/?_encoding=UTF8&tag=httpukgeoci0b-20&linkCode=ur2&camp=1789&creative=9325" target="pdh">Trains (Franco Tanel)</a> </td> </tr> <tr class="background-white"> <td> <a href="http://www.amazon.com/review/R1EL95GDG0ENEM/?_encoding=UTF8&tag=httpukgeoci0b-20&linkCode=ur2&camp=1789&creative=9325" target="pdh">Britain's lost railways (John Minnis)</a> </td> </tr> <thead> <tr> <th> Reviews not yet available </th> </tr> <tbody> <tr class="background-white"> <td> <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Railway-Adventure-Transport-L-Rolt/dp/0862993679/" target="pdh"> Railway adventure (L T C Rolt) </a> </td> </tr> <tr class="background-pale"> <td> <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Brief-History-Age-Steam-Railways/dp/0786720476/" target="pdh"> A Brief History of the Age of Steam (Thomas Crump) </a> </td> </tr> <tr class="background-white"> <td> <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Lamberts-Railway-Miscellany-Anthony-Lambert/dp/009193771X/" target="pdh"> Lambert's railway miscellamy (Anthony Lambert) </a> </td> </tr> <tr class="background-pale"> <td> <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Eleven-Minutes-Late-Journey-Britain/dp/0330512374/" target="pdh"> Eleven minutes late (Matthew Engel) </a> </td> </tr> <tr class="background-white"> <td> <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Slow-Train-British-Railway-Journeys/dp/1848092083/" target="pdh"> On the slow train (Michael Williams) </a> </td> </tr> <tr class="background-pale"> <td> <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Blood-Iron-Gold-Railways-Transformed/dp/1848871708/" target="pdh"> Blood, iron and gold: how the railways transformed the world (Christian Wolmar) </a> </td> </tr> <tr class="background-white"> <td> <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Engines-War-Wars-Were-Railways/dp/1848871724/" target="pdh"> Engines of war: how wars Were Won and lost on the railways (Christian Wolmar) </a> </td> </tr> <tr class="background-pale"> <td> <a href="http://www.amazon.com/DMU-Compendium-Colin-Boocock/dp/0711035067" target="pdh"> DMU compendium (Colin Boocock) </a> </td> </tr> </table> </p> </div> <! end pdh body><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2707433442573099040-4190994660294846182?l=peterdurwardharris1.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Peter Durward Harrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06172943919919044658noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2707433442573099040.post-4157330275505693282009-07-10T03:10:00.000-07:002011-10-07T03:10:51.602-07:00<! start pdh body> <div class="pdhdisplay"> <div class="text"> <h1> My UK book reviews </h1> <p class="middle"> <! 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<tr class="background-white"> <td> <a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/review/RHD058K2PSP6B/" target="pdh"> Life along the line </a> </td> </tr> <tr class="background-pale"> <td> <a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/review/R2AHZSR5WOMKA0/" target="pdh"> Along main lines </a> </td> </tr> <tr class="background-white"> <td> <a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/review/RQUP8CNUZVQBB/" target="pdh"> Discovering Britain's lost railways </a> </td> </tr> <tr class="background-pale"> <td> <a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/review/R3KDG5QT36B8CM/" target="pdh"> On holiday; the way we were (not about trains, but included here anyway) </a> </td> </tr> <tr> <th> Julian Holland </th> </tr> <tbody> <tr class="background-white"> <td> <a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/review/R3F0VAKPRFMVCP/" target="pdh"> The lost lines of Britain: a nostalgic trip along Britain's lost railways </a> </td> </tr> <tr class="background-pale"> <td> <a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/review/R332E9PS0U0L41/" target="pdh"> Discovering Scotland's lost railways </a> </td> </tr> <tr class="background-white"> <td> <a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/review/RDXZ39FCBIH4H/" target="pdh"> Discovering Scotland's lost local lines </a> </td> </tr> <tr class="background-pale"> <td> <a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/review/RVIQSP6TRT332/" target="pdh"> Discovering Britain's little trains </a> </td> </tr> <thead> <tr> <th> Robin Jones </th> </tr> <tbody> <tr class="background-white"> <td> <a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/review/R3MCS1Y7XQNP3U/" target="pdh"> Electric trains </a> </td> </tr> <tr class="background-pale"> <td> <a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/review/R260713TDP4XD5/" target="pdh"> Britain's bizarre railways </a> </td> </tr> <thead> <tr> <th> Other </th> </tr> <tbody> <tr class="background-white"> <td> <a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/review/R2TXCG1ZG61YF4/" target="pdh"> New illustrated encyclopedia of railroad locomotives (Robert Tufnell) </a> </td> </tr> <tr class="background-pale"> <td> <a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/review/RCGC3IVMS20TW/" target="pdh"> GWR then and now (Laurence Waters) </a> </td> </tr> <tr class="background-white"> <td> <a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/review/RNHHAZBJIWMD9/" target="pdh"> Around the Great Western then and now (Laurence Waters) </a> </td> </tr> <tr class="background-pale"> <td> <a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/review/RUZHLBWDESXDV/" target="pdh"> Classic British steam trains (Colin Garratt) </a> </td> </tr> <tr class="background-white"> <td> <a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/review/R2WTDW47SJHJ5V/" target="pdh"> British steam railways (David Ross) </a> </td> </tr> <tr class="background-pale"> <td> <a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/review/R18W2IWBX69VYK/" target="pdh"> Railways' strangest journeys (Tom Quinn) </a> </td> </tr> <tr class="background-white"> <td> <a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/review/R2VKK0MXX47C3Q/" target="pdh"> Lost railways of Leicestershire and Rutland (Geoffrey Kingscott) </a> </td> </tr> <tr class="background-pale"> <td> <a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/review/R3QQIBNKEFN2Z8/" target="pdh"> Lost railways of Northumberland (Robert Kinghorn) </a> </td> </tr> <tr class="background-white"> <td> <a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/review/R1GAGNXUAKZGHU/" target="pdh"> Lost railways of Wiltshire (Justin Bailey) </a> </td> </tr> <tr class="background-pale"> <td> <a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/review/R35UP3EZER34XZ/" target="pdh"> Steam (Colin Garratt) </a> </td> </tr> <tr class="background-white"> <td> <a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/review/R20KED9CAG1HTS/" target="pdh"> Steam sheds and their locomotives (Chris Gammell) </a> </td> </tr> <tr class="background-pale"> <td> <a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/review/R1GCXX6SASCTU8/" target="pdh"> Great Western horse power (Janet Russell) </a> </td> </tr> <tr class="background-white"> <td> <a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/review/R1GYVHVA5FG8WA/" target="pdh"> London Midland then and now (Gavin Morrison) </a> </td> </tr> <tr class="background-pale"> <td> <a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/review/R27T8X1QHK7FP7/" target="pdh"> Heyday of the HST (Gavin Morrison) </a> </td> </tr> <tr class="background-white"> <td> <a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/review/R3A2M66OBW6JNG/" target="pdh"> Green diesel days (Derek Huntriss) </a> </td> </tr> <tr class="background-pale"> <td> <a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/review/RHTPAIRF6CT07/" target="pdh"> Blue diesel days (Paul Shannon) </a> </td> </tr> <tr class="background-white"> <td> <a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/review/R5CZANL6XS032/" target="pdh"> The diesel shunter (Colin Marsden) </a> </td> </tr> <tr class="background-pale"> <td> <a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/review/RUOJ2JPM7UZSQ/" target="pdh"> Railways across the Pennines (Stanley C Jenkins, Howard Quayle) </a> </td> </tr> <tr class="background-white"> <td> <a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/review/R1ZI8XAJ8ATALM/" target="pdh"> Memories of steam (Tom Quinn) </a> </td> </tr> <tr class="background-pale"> <td> <a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/review/R26TUN95HVCYZZ/" target="pdh"> Fire and steam (Christian Wolmar) </a> </td> </tr> <tr class="background-white"> <td> <a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/review/R3HT5I3EXAUCG9/" target="pdh"> Level crossings (Stanley Hall) </a> </td> </tr> <tr class="background-pale"> <td> <a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/review/RUVZ6G4DFDP0Y/" target="pdh"> The royal train (Brian Hoey) </a> </td> </tr> <tr class="background-white"> <td> <a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/review/R2VTYAZKIJH3LP/" target="pdh"> Bradshaw's railway map 1907: Great Britain and Ireland: the railway network at its zenith </a> </td> </tr> <tr class="background-pale"> <td> <a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/review/RYRXEVHZJP3XY/" target="pdh"> Southern, then and now (Mike Esau) </a> </td> </tr> <tr class="background-white"> <td> <a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/review/R2X3N7EELJ531O/" target="pdh"> Great Central Railway (Matt Allen) </a> </td> </tr> <tr class="background-pale"> <td> <a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/review/R3A8936Y8XW403/" target="pdh"> A decade of change (Mark Darby, Paul Higgins, Neil Higson, Adrian Kenny) </a> </td> </tr> <tr class="background-white"> <td> <a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/review/R1OGH590GAGL9N/" target="pdh"> Isambard's kingdom: travels in Brunel's England (Judy Jones) </a> </td> </tr> <tr class="background-pale"> <td> <a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/review/R1VM5BEK5SVKDW/" target="pdh"> Best of Britain’s steam railways (AA) </a> </td> </tr> <tr class="background-white"> <td> <a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/review/RIKG68UTD4I88/" target="pdh"> Angus and Kincardineshire lost railways (Gordon Stansfield) </a> </td> </tr> <tr class="background-pale"> <td> <a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/review/R3E1JO2LMVR76Z/" target="pdh"> Horton's guide to British railways in feature films (Glyn Horton) </a> </td> </tr> <tr class="background-white"> <td> <a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/review/R2AN7TUHYLW4FC/" target="pdh"> 50 famous British locomotives (Peter Herring) </a> </td> </tr> <tr class="background-pale"> <td> <a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/review/R13A7RT32BYYJ8/" target="pdh"> Steam - a life on the railway (Pete Waterman) </a> </td> </tr> <tr class="background-white"> <td> <a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/review/R23AO81GKEGQHB/" target="pdh"> Amazing and Extraordinary London Underground Facts (Stephen Halliday) </a> </td> </tr> <tr class="background-pale"> <td> <a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/review/R9FBH1QU7SNDN/" target="pdh"> Scarborough and Whitby Railway Through Time (Robin Lidster) </a> </td> </tr> <tr class="background-white"> <td> <a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/review/R1PZOZY7T3YJC3/" target="pdh"> Pocket encyclopedia of British steam railways and locomotives (O S Nock) </a> </td> </tr> <tr class="background-pale"> <td> <a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/review/R8OS2AYODRQOH/" target="pdh"> DMU compendium (Colin Boocock) </a> </td> </tr> <tr class="background-white"> <td> <a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/review/R20VS5QKXEPSFF/" target="pdh"> Trains (Franco Tanel) </a> </td> </tr> <tr class="background-pale"> <td> <a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/review/R1NNZTAA6XGB6U/" target="pdh"> Britain's lost railways (John Minnis) </a> </td> </tr> <thead> <tr> <th> Reviews not yet available </th> </tr> <tbody> <tr class="background-white"> <td> <a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/Railway-Adventure-L-T-C-Rolt/dp/0752455788/" target="pdh"> Railway adventure (L T C Rolt) </a> </td> </tr> <tr class="background-pale"> <td> <a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/Brief-History-Age-Steam/dp/1845295536/" target="pdh"> A Brief History of the Age of Steam (Thomas Crump) </a> </td> </tr> <tr class="background-white"> <td> <a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/Lamberts-Railway-Miscellany-Anthony-Lambert/dp/009193771X/" target="pdh"> Lambert's railway miscellamy (Anthony Lambert) </a> </td> </tr> <tr class="background-pale"> <td> <a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/Eleven-Minutes-Late-Journey-Britain/dp/0330512374/" target="pdh"> Eleven minutes late (Matthew Engel) </a> </td> </tr> <tr class="background-white"> <td> <a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/Slow-Train-British-Railway-Journeys/dp/1848092075/" target="pdh"> On the slow train (Michael Williams) </a> </td> </tr> <tr class="background-pale"> <td> <a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/Blood-Iron-Gold-Railways-Transformed/dp/1848871708/" target="pdh"> Blood, iron and gold: how the railways transformed the world (Christian Wolmar) </a> </td> </tr> <tr class="background-white"> <td> <a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/Engines-War-Wars-Were-Railways/dp/1848871724/" target="pdh"> Engines of war: how wars Were Won and lost on the railways (Christian Wolmar) </a> </td> </tr> </table> </p> </div> <! end pdh body><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' 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The list below is by no means complete although I think I've included all the most important and famous lines. Please contact me if you'd like to tell me about websites that ought to be linked, or about corrections to existing links, via the link in my <a href="http://www.blogger.com/profile/06172943919919044658" target="pdh">Blogger profile page</a> (unless you've already got my e-mail address, in which case you can use it instead if you prefer). If I've missed a good link, I'll be happy to include it. </p> </div> <p class="middle"> <table> <caption> Britiain's railway heritage </caption> <colgroup class = "alpha"> <thead> <tr> <th> UK wide </th> </tr> <tbody> <tr class="background-white"> <td> <a href="http://www.heritagerailways.com/" target="pdh"> UK heritage railways </a> </td> </tr> <thead> <tr> <th> Islands </th> </tr> <tbody> <tr class="background-white"> <td> <a href="http://www.iomguide.com/steamrailway.php" target="pdh"> Alderney Railway </a> </td> </tr> <tr class="background-pale"> <td> <a href="http://www.iomguide.com/steamrailway.php" target="pdh"> Isle of Man Steam Railway </a> </td> </tr> <tr class="background-white"> <td> <a href="http://www.iwsteamrailway.co.uk/" target="pdh"> Isle of Wight Steam Railway </a> </td> </tr> <thead> <tr> <th> Wales </th> </tr> <tbody> <tr class="background-white"> <td> <a href="http://www.bala-lake-railway.co.uk" target="pdh"> Bala Lake Railway </a> </td> </tr> <tr class="background-pale"> <td> <a href="http://www.breconmountainrailway.co.uk" target="pdh"> Brecon Mountain Railway </a> </td> </tr> <tr class="background-white"> <td> <a href="http://www.ffestiniograilway.co.uk/index.asp" target="pdh"> Ffestiniog Railway </a> </td> </td> </tr> <tr class="background-pale"> <td> <a href="http://www.gwili-railway.co.uk" target="pdh"> Gwili Railway </a> </td> </tr> <tr class="background-white"> <td> <a href="http://www.lake-railway.co.uk" target="pdh"> Llanberis Lake Railway </a> </td> </td> </tr> <tr class="background-pale"> <td> <a href="http://www.llangollen-railway.co.uk" target="pdh"> Llangollen Railway </a> </td> </tr> <tr class="background-white"> <td> <a href="http://www.pontypool-and-blaenavon.co.uk/" target="pdh"> Pontypool and Blaenavon Railway </a> </td> </tr> <tr class="background-pale"> <td> <a href="http://www.snowdonrailway.co.uk" target="pdh"> Snowdon Mountain Railway </a> </td> </td> </tr> <tr class="background-white"> <td> <a href="http://www.talyllyn.co.uk" target="pdh"> Talyllyn Railway </a> </td> </tr> <tr class="background-pale"> <td> <a href="http://www.valeofglamorganrailway.co.uk/" target="pdh"> Vale Of Glamorgan Railway </a> </td> </tr> <tr class="background-white"> <td> <a href="http://www.rheidolrailway.co.uk" target="pdh"> Vale of Rheidol Railway </a> </td> </tr> <tr class="background-pale"> <td> <a href="http://www.welshhighlandrailway.net/index.asp" target="pdh"> Welsh Highland Railway </a> </td> </tr> <tr class="background-white"> <td> <a href="http://www.wllr.org.uk" target="pdh"> Welshpool and Llanfair Railway </a> </td> </tr> <thead> <tr> <th> Scotland </th> </tr> <tbody> <tr class="background-white"> <td> <a href="http://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/alford/railwaymuseum/" target="pdh"> Alford Railway Museum </a> </td> </tr> <tr class="background-pale"> <td> <a href="http://www.caledonianrailway.co.uk" target="pdh"> Caledonian Railway, Brechin </a> </td> </tr> <tr class="background-white"> <td> <a href="http://www.srps.org.uk" target="pdh"> Bo'Ness and Kinneil Railway </a> </td> </tr> <tr class="background-pale"> <td> <a href="http://www.leadhillsrailway.co.uk/" target="pdh"> Leadhills and Wanlockhead Railway </a> </td> </tr> <tr class="background-white"> <td> <a href="http://www.mullrail.co.uk" target="pdh"> Mull and West Highland Narrow Gauge Railway </a> </td> </tr> <tr class="background-pale"> <td> <a href="http://www.deeside-railway.co.uk/" target="pdh"> Royal Deeside Railway </a> </td> </tr> <tr class="background-white"> <td> <a href="http://www.strathspeyrailway.co.uk/" target="pdh"> Strathspey Railway </a> </td> </tr> <thead> <tr> <th> North East England </th> </tr> <tbody> <tr class="background-white"> <td> <a href="http://www.pogo.org.uk/railway/" target="pdh"> Embsay and Bolton Abbey Railway </a> </td> </tr> <tr class="background-pale"> <td> <a href="http://www.kwvr.co.uk" target="pdh"> Keighley and Worth Valley Railway </a> </td> 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class="background-white"> <td> <a href="http://www.ravenglass-railway.co.uk" target="pdh"> Ravenglass and Eskdale Railway </a> </td> </tr> <tr class="background-pale"> <td> <a href="http://www.settle-carlisle.co.uk/" target="pdh"> Settle and Carlisle partnership </a> </td> </tr> <thead> <tr> <th> North Midlands </th> </tr> <tbody> <tr class="background-white"> <td> <a href="http://www.amertonrailway.co.uk/" target="pdh"> Amerton Railway </a> </td> </tr> <tr class="background-pale"> <td> <a href="http://www.afrps.co.uk/" target="pdh"> Appleby Frodingham Railway Preservation Society </a> </td> </tr> <tr class="background-white"> <td> <a href="http://www.foxfieldrailway.co.uk" target="pdh"> Foxfield Steam Railway </a> </td> </tr> <tr class="background-pale"> <td> <a href="http://www.midlandrailwaycentre.co.uk" target="pdh"> Midland Railway Centre, Butterley </a> </td> </tr> <tr class="background-white"> <td> <a href="http://www.peakrail.co.uk/index.htm" target="pdh"> Peak Rail, Matlock </a> </td> </tr> <thead> <tr> <th> West Midlands </th> </tr> <tbody> <tr class="background-white"> <td> <a href="http://www.krm.org.uk" target="pdh"> Kidderminster Railway Museum </a> </td> </tr> <tr class="background-pale"> <td> <a href="http://www.svr.co.uk" target="pdh"> Severn Valley Railway </a> </td> </tr> <tr class="background-white"> <td> <a href="http://www.vintagetrains.co.uk/" target="pdh"> Vintage trains, Birmingham </a> </td> </tr> <thead> <tr> <th> East Midlands </th> </tr> <tbody> <tr class="background-white"> <td> <a href="http://www.battlefield-line-railway.co.uk" target="pdh"> Battlefield Railway, Shackerstone </a> </td> </tr> <tr class="background-pale"> <td> <a href="http://www.gcrailway.co.uk" target="pdh"> Great Central Railway </a> </td> </tr> <tr class="background-white"> <td> <a href="http://www.nvr.org.uk" target="pdh"> Nene Valley Railway </a> </td> </tr> <thead> <tr> <th> East Anglia </th> </tr> <tbody> <tr class="background-white"> <td> <a href="http://www.bressingham.co.uk" target="pdh"> Bressingham Steam Museum </a> </td> </tr> <tr class="background-pale"> <td> <a href="http://www.bvrw.co.uk" target="pdh"> Bure Valley Railway </a> </td> </tr> <tr class="background-white"> <td> <a href="http://www.colnevalleyrailway.co.uk" target="pdh"> Colne Valley Railway </a> </td> </tr> <tr class="background-pale"> <td> <a href="http://www.nnrailway.co.uk" target="pdh"> North Norfolk Railway </a> </td> </tr> <thead> <tr> <th> South Midlands </th> </tr> <tbody> <tr class="background-white"> <td> <a href="http://www.bucksrailcentre.org/" target="pdh"> Buckinghamshire Railway Centre </a> </td> </tr> <tr class="background-pale"> <td> <a href="http://www.deanforestrailway.co.uk" target="pdh"> Dean Forest Railway </a> </td> </tr> <tr class="background-white"> <td> <a href="http://www.gwsr.com" target="pdh"> Gloucestershire and Warwickshire Railway </a> </td> </tr> <tr class="background-pale"> <td> <a href="http://www.buzzrail.co.uk/" target="pdh"> Leighton Buzzard Railway </a> </td> </tr> <thead> <tr> <th> South West England </th> </tr> <tbody> <tr class="background-white"> <td> <a href="http://www.avonvalleyrailway.org" target="pdh"> Avon Valley Railway </a> </td> </tr> <tr class="background-pale"> <td> <a href="http://www.bodminandwenfordrailway.co.uk/" target="pdh"> Bodmin and Wenford Railway </a> </td> </tr> <tr class="background-white"> <td> <a href="http://www.devonrailwaycentre.co.uk" target="pdh"> Devon Railway Centre, Bickleigh </a> </td> </tr> <tr class="background-pale"> <td> <a href="http://www.eastsomersetrailway.com" target="pdh"> East Somerset Railway </a> </td> </tr> <tr class="background-white"> <td> <a href="http://www.launcestonsr.co.uk/" target="pdh"> Launceston Steam Railway </a> </td> </tr> <tr class="background-pale"> <td> <a href="http://www.paignton-steamrailway.co.uk" target="pdh"> Paignton and Dartmouth Steam Railway </a> </td> </tr> <tr class="background-white"> <td> <a href="http://www.southdevonrailway.org" target="pdh"> South Devon Railway </a> </td> </tr> <tr class="background-pale"> <td> <a href="http://www.west-somerset-railway.co.uk" target="pdh"> West Somerset Railway </a> </td> </tr> <thead> <tr> <th> Central Southern England </th> </tr> <tbody> <tr class="background-white"> <td> <a href="http://www.cholsey-wallingford-railway.com" target="pdh"> Cholsey and Wallingford Railway </a> </td> </tr> <tr class="background-pale"> <td> <a href="http://www.didcotrailwaycentre.org.uk" target="pdh"> Didcot Railway Centre </a> </td> </tr> <tr class="background-white"> <td> <a href="http://www.watercressline.co.uk" target="pdh"> Mid-Hants Railway (Watercress Line) </a> </td> </tr> <tr class="background-pale"> <td> <a href="http://www.steam-museuem.org.uk" target="pdh"> Museum of the Great Western Railway, Swindon </a> </td> </tr> <tr class="background-white"> <td> <a href="http://www.swanagerailway.co.uk" target="pdh"> Swanage Railway </a> </td> </tr> <tr class="background-pale"> <td> <a href="http://www.swindon-cricklade-railway.org/" target="pdh"> Swindon and Cricklade Railway </a> </td> </tr> <thead> <tr> <th> South East England </th> </tr> <tbody> <tr class="background-white"> <td> <a href="http://www.amberleymuseum.co.uk/" target="pdh"> Amberley working museum </a> </td> </tr> <tr class="background-pale"> <td> <a href="http://www.bluebell-railway.co.uk" target="pdh"> Bluebell Railway </a> </td> </tr> <tr class="background-white"> <td> <a href="http://www.kesr.org.uk" target="pdh"> Kent and East Sussex Railway </a> </td> </tr> <tr class="background-pale"> <td> <a href="http://www.rhdr.org.uk/rhdr/rhdr.html" target="pdh"> Romney, Hythe and Dymchurch Railway </a> </td> </tr> <tr class="background-white"> <td> <a href="http://www.spavalleyrailway.co.uk/" target="pdh"> Spa Valley Railway </a> </td> </tr> <tr class="background-pale"> <td> <a href="http://www.sklr.net/" target="pdh"> Sittingbourne and Kemsley Light Railway </a> </td> </tr> </table> </p> <p class="middle"> <table width=200> <caption> Other interesting links </caption> <colgroup class="alpha"> <thead> <tr> <th> &nbsp; </th> </tr> <tbody> <tr class="background-white"> <td> <a href="http://www.subbrit.org.uk/sb-sites/stations/sites.shtml" target="pdh"> Disused railway stations </a> </td> </tr> <tr class="background-pale"> <td> <a href="http://www.sustrans.org.uk" target="pdh"> Sustrans </a> </td> </tr> <tr class="background-white"> <td> <a href="http://www.railwayramblers.org.uk" target="pdh"> Railway ramblers </a> </td> </tr> </table> </p> </div> <! end pdh body><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2707433442573099040-346128311851777799?l=peterdurwardharris1.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Peter Durward Harrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06172943919919044658noreply@blogger.com0