Midland Main Lines
Derby to Stoke-on-Trent
by Vic Mitchell & Keith Smith
The diversity of railway activity at the county town of Derby forms a fascinatin...
by Vic Mitchell & Keith Smith
The diversity of railway activity at the county town of Derby forms a fascinatin...
by Vic Mitchell & Keith Smith
The four branch lines, from each point of the compass, were typical rural railwa...
by Vic Mitchell & Keith Smith
Built as a broad gauge branch in a thinly populated area, the railway brought pr...
by Vic Mitchell & Keith Smith
Once part of a through line to Cambridge, this rural route had many charming cou...
by Vic Mitchell & Keith Smith
The Exeter-Exmouth branch was the first in south-east Devon and is now the only ...
by Vic Mitchell & Keith Smith
This section of the East Coast Main Line gained fame for including the length on...
by Vic Mitchell & Keith Smith
For five years, this was the main line between London and Peterborough, but it t...
by Vic Mitchell & Keith Smith
Once part of the Southern's main line to Plymouth, this scenic route had many ch...
by Vic Mitchell & Keith Smith
The three branches radiating from the main line at Alton each had a distinctive ...
by Vic Mitchell & Keith Smith
The North Staffordshire Railway was widely known as “The Knotty”, ow...
by Vic Mitchell & Keith Smith
Starting as a remote extension of the South Eastern Railway, it achieved conside...
by J.E.Connor
This Great Northern Railway branch had a unique history, it being a story of a s...
by Vic Mitchell & Keith Smith
Being on the western boundary of the Fens, the main line was able to convey much...
by John Organ
France was once dissected by a huge eclectic array of Metre Gauge Railways. Only...
by Richard Adderson & Graham Kenworthy
The three branches had great charm and are shown in detail in the unhurried days...