Publisher's Synopsis
'The Last Years of Lancashire Steam' charts the area under British Railways from the early 1950s to 1968. The historic county of Lancashire saw the birth of modern railways when the Liverpool & Manchester Railway opened in 1830. Thereafter, it developed a complex network of lines serving passengers, businesses and industries of the area. The 'Beeching Axe' cut several railways in the 1960s and Lancashire was where the British steam era came to an end on 11th August 1968.