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The Great Central Railway - Past and Present (Paperback)
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The Great Central Railway - Past and Present (Paperback)
Series: British Railways Past & Present S.
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The Great Central Railway was built in 1899, with the intention of
providing journeys from Manchester to the Continent through a
projected Channel Tunnel. It was a scheme of grand pride and
vision. The history of the line is one of gradual reduction in
scope, ambition and achievement, with inherent post-War UK problems
leading to the removal of the Manchester and Sheffield routes to
Nottingham. The 1950s saw reductions and decline, with the removal
of prestigious named trains 'The South Yorkshireman' and 'The
Master Cutler', together with the final ignominy of transfer from
ex-LNER to ex-LMS control at the end of the 1950s. The Derby empire
did not see the need for this railway, duplicating, as they saw it,
their existing routes from Nottingham-London and the GCR was
further truncated, removing local services in the early 1960s, the
through route to London in 1966 and closure of the final rump, from
Nottingham (Ruddington)-Rugby, in 1969. The ending of steam on the
through route in 1966 led to preservationists becoming interested
and through the 1970s and beyond, the sections from Ruddington to
Loughborough and Loughborough to Leicester North have been
re-opened and developed, to create the only main line double track
private railway in the UK. There are plans - grandiose and hugely
ambitious to close the gap between the two ends at Loughborough,
which will truly give travellers a recreation of some of the appeal
of the lost line. This volume looks at the past views between
Nottingham (Victoria) and Rugby (Central) stations, with many
present day scenes to contrast and compare and closes with a
section looking at some of the scenes that have accompanied the
progress by the restorationists over the past 40 years. The
achievements of the present day Great Central Railway have been
impressive, with the promise of even greater things to come.
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