Covering almost every line in the country, this acclaimed series of books juxtaposes photographs of the same railway location separated in time by just a few years, or maybe a century or more. Sometimes the result is dereliction or disappearance, in others a transformation into a modern high-speed railway. In both cases, the contrasts are intriguing and informative. This volume includes: Middlesborough, Stockton and Tees-side; the Cleveland coast line to Saltburn; the North Yorkshire Moors Railway; and, the Yorkshire Coast Line through Whitby Malton to Scarborough and Filey.

This book is part of the Tempus Oral History series, which combines the reminiscences of local people with old photographs and archived images to show the history of various local areas in Great Britain, through their streets, shops, pubs, and people.