HOLDING THE LINE: HOW BRITAINS RAILWAYS WERE SAVED
March 2013
Many in the 1970s predicted the demise of the railway. A new book by Richard Faulkner and Chris Austin tells how the foresight of a select few saved the trains
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Holding The Line: How Britains Railways Were Saved
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