The North Wales landscape contains everything from steelworks and
collieries to national parks and seaside resorts. Thus, there was
plenty of traffic to interest the various railway companies that
would be established in the area. The main reason for a railway in
North Wales, however, was to create a speedier link between
Westminster and Ireland. Although the most important railway in
North Wales was the Chester & Holyhead, the first to enter the
locality was the Shrewsbury & Chester Railway, opened in 1846.
The C&HR was opened two years later to connect London with
Ireland via Holyhead. From these early beginnings, we explore the
whole history of the railways in the area, through mergers and
grouping, and the trains that ran on the lines, from 'The Irish
Mail' to 'The Welsh Dragon' and summer excursion trains. Despite
the 'Modernisation Plan' and 'Beeching Report', the lines to
Holyhead and the Cambrian would, once again, see steam as preserved
locos headed excursions from 1989 onwards, reliving those wonderful
steam days. In Steam Around North Wales, Mike Hitches explores the
railway history of the area in the glory days of steam. Days when
the railway formed an important part of the infrastructure and
thousands of passengers used the trains. Mike covers shed
allocations, timetables and preserved lines in this
well-illustrated book.
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