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The Later Years of British Rail 1980-1995: Freight Special (Paperback)
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The Later Years of British Rail 1980-1995: Freight Special (Paperback)
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Discovery Miles 4 470
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1980 to 1995 was an extraordinary time for the railways of Britain,
especially the freight sector. In 1980 there was a unified,
monochrome railway. Freight traffic was still abundant, with
marshalling yards active and many branch lines still operating.
There were hundreds of collieries. In the early 1980s,
Sectorisation arrived. The freight division was separated from the
passenger side and further sub-divided into different freight
sectors. New locomotives were introduced, and the older types
started to disappear. As the eighties progressed, the freight
sector was constantly changing. The mixed freight train became a
thing of the past but new traffic flows developed, particularly in
containers and aggregates. The coal sector steadily declined and
branch lines became disused. In the early nineties three new
freight companies were created in anticipation of privatisation and
then finally privatisation itself arrived, with all freight traffic
being taken over by an American company. It was a period of
enormous change and adaptation, and the story is told here through
the images of two photographers who were keen observers of the
railway scene throughout the whole of this fascinating period.
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