{"product_id":"9780857101105","title":"Railways Round Exmoor","description":"\u003cp\u003eAuthor(s): N\/A, \u003cbr\u003e Binding: Hardback, \u003cbr\u003e Date of Publication: 15\/05\/2017,\u003cbr\u003e Pagination: 128 pages, profusely illustrated in colour and black \u0026amp; white,\u003cbr\u003e Series: N\/A, \u003cbr\u003eImprint: Pixz Books,\u003cbr\u003e Published By: Pixz Books,\u003cbr\u003e Book Classification: Trains \u0026amp; railways: general interest, Somerset, Devon\u003cbr\u003e ISBN13\\EAN\\SKU: 9780857101105\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDescription:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAlthough Exmoor is renowned for its wild landscapes and impressive coast, it has also been home to some remarkable railways. Significant and much-loved lines such as the Taunton-Barnstaple, Exe Valley and Barnstaple-Ilfracombe have long gone, swept away by the Beeching axe, although traces of them can be followed on the ground to this day.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOthers catered for industry which once found a home on the moor, such as the West Somerset Mineral Railway, whose spectacular incline still descends from the heights of the Brendon Hills towards the Bristol Channel.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAbove all, Exmoor today boasts the unique Lynton-Lynmouth Cliff Railway; the longest preserved steam railway in the country, in the West Somerset Railway which skirts the northern fringes of the National Park; and the Lynton-Barnstaple Railway which, when fully restored, will be the longest narrow gauge line in England.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNow fully revised, updated and re-illustrated by Allan Stanistreet, this classic guide to the railways round Exmoor appears again by popular demand. Fully comprehensive, it tells the history of Exmoor’s railways from their earliest days and captures the ongoing story of the area’s preserved railways in their twenty-first century glory.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRobin Madge was a highly regarded teacher, head of the Art Department at Huish’s Grammar School, Taunton, and railway enthusiast, who wrote the first edition of Railways Round Exmoor in 1971, and updated it several times thereafter.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAllan Stanistreet is the author of six books, and has assisted with several others, as well as numerous magazine articles, book reviews, the first four editions of the West Somerset Railway Guide Book and the first WSR Stations and Buildings book.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Winstones","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":35022372208793,"sku":"9780857101105","price":9.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0423\/0240\/6809\/products\/9780857101105_51977c29-15c8-4c1f-9d7a-64b0167657a0.jpg?v=1601400720","url":"https:\/\/winstonebooks.pro\/products\/9780857101105","provider":"Winstone's Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}