The first standard gauge heritage steam railway in Britain, the
Bluebell Railway, opened in 1960. Since then, over eighty have
opened to the public. While each of these has its individual
characteristics, nearly all are former British railways branch
lines or parts of secondary routes, closed either under the
Beeching axe or under subsequent cutbacks. The six-mile-long Epping
Ongar Railway is different and unique. Despite its location in
rural Essex, this was not part of the British Rail network at
closure but was an electrified section of the London Underground.
Its rundown and closure was a protracted affair spanning
twenty-five years. On closure it was earmarked to become a heritage
line, but it would be another eighteen years before it re-opened in
its current guise with steam and diesel traction. This book tells
its story up to the re-opening in 2012 and of the ten years of
progress since then.
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