Rails to Sheffield Park by Welch, Michael S

Southampton: Kingfisher Railway Productions, 1988. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Not paginated. Better known as the Bluebell Line. Fully illustrated with black and white illustrations throughout..

Southampton: Kingfisher Railway Productions, 1988. Book. Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Not paginated. 800g. Gray cloth boards FINE in a FINE d/w with light crease to top rear edge. Fully illustrated with b/w photographs, track plans and scaled line drawings. A pictorial history of the Lewes to East Grindstead route from its opening in 1882 through to 1988. Includes the operation and organisation of the Blue Bell Railway which opened in line again in 1960..

Southampton: Kingfisher Railway Productions, 1988. A near Fine unmarked copy (Fine apart from a small mark to front endpaper) with near Fine dustjacket which is price clipped. (The ISBN number printed of 0946184488 refers to another book and the one used is the correct number) For 70 years the Lewes to East Grinstead line led a quet existence, serving isolated farming communities which typify the Sussex Weald. When traffic declined and closure was imminent, the legality of the closure was challenged in 1955 by a local resident and British Railways were forced to re-open the line. When the route finally closed railway enthusiasts joined forces with local inhabitants to 'preserve the puffer for posterity', and they eventually reopened the five mile section from Sheffield Park to Horsted Keynes in August 1960 - called the Bluebell Railway, after the wild flowers which decorate the lineside in spring. This book is a pictorial history of the Lewes-East Grinstead route from its opening in 1882… Read More

Southampton, UK: Kingfisher Railway Productions. Bound in light brown cloth, with bright gilt title lettering to spine, this hardcover First Edition is VG in Vg wrapper. Approximately 200pp (pages not numbered), with vast number of B/W photographs, maps, timetables and station architecture. Unclipped wrapper, clean endpapers, all VG . Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 1985.