The Middleton Railway Volume 1: The Pre-Preservation Era

Description

“The most comprehensive history of the Railway that has ever been produced”

This book tells the story of the Worlds oldest continuously operating railway from its opening in 1758 until partial closure and preservation in 1960.

MRT Archivist Sheila Bye tells the amazing story of this historic railway and how it pioneered the use of steam locomotives before the more famous George Stephenson built one of his own.

Read how the railway was once owned by the famous Tetley brewing family and ended up being a private railway linking the nationalised railway system with a National Coal Board mine.

This book is the companion book to the already available volume two of this railway’s fascinating history.

This hardback book is comprehensively illustrated using many previously unpublished pictures.