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OVERVIEW:
The
only one of the five Highland railways to include the word "Great"
in its title it was, paradoxically, the smallest. Its compact
little branches extended from Aberdeen through predominantly agricultural
countryside, fringed by fishing havens along the coast. There
was no heavy goods traffic, just passengers and perishables; Queen
Victoria was herself a regular passenger. First published in 1965,
the paperback edition was published in 1991 and includes much
more historical information, some of it in extended appendices
which took many months of hard work to complete.
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Railways
of the Scottish Highlands Series
The
five books which follow tell the unique stories of the railways
that penetrated some of Europe's most difficult terrain and opened
up scenery as dramatic as may be seen from any train, anywhere.
Remarkably, at least part of all five systems are still in use
today, some carrying heavier seasonal passenger traffic than ever
before. All these books include colour as well as numerous black
and white illustrations, whilst appendices list all major facts
like openings and closures of sections and stations.
Other
volumes in this series include:
VOL
I - "The West Highland Railway"
VOL
II - "The Highland Railway"
VOL III - "The Great
North of Scotland Railway"
VOL IV - "The Callander
& Oban Railway"
VOL V
- "The Skye Railway"
P.J.G.
Ransom has updated this classic history to reflect important developments
in recent years.
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worldwide
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