Ardsley, Wakefield and Normanton (Railway Memories)

A survey of railways in an area which once boasted everything from prestige main lines to colliery tracks, where a constant procession of lumbering coal trains wove their way between glamorous expresses pulled by the most famous locomotives in the land, and where there were numerous freight yards and up to five locomotive depots. The book has chapters on the Ardsley & Great Northern, the East & West Yorkshire Union, the Lancashire & Yorkshire and the Normanton & Midland. The book includes maps, track layouts, personal recollections and operating information. Illustrated throughout with black and white photos. 96 pages.