Book Review: The Railways of London’s Docklands: Their History and Development by Jonathan Willis
This book provides an insight into how, over the last 200 years, London’s Docklands and its railways have changed beyond all recognition.
Author: Roger Smith
I have had a life-long interest in railways, growing up just a few yards from the complex of sidings at Gloucester docks. My interest continued when I left school and joined the signal department of British Railways.
I am a published author and a a proof-reader for the Railway Correspondence and Travel Society's society’s monthly magazine, the Railway Observer.
I am also a keen photographer, and have had a number of railway photographs published in monthly magazines and books.
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Redundant signal box moved to Norfolk transport museum
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Artistic railwayman to open museum dedicated to railway horses
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Engineers make redundant train into school classroom
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Next section of Midland Main Line declared safe and ready of use
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London Northwestern Railway launches new fleet of five-car trains
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