BIBLIO is the largest independent book marketplace in the world, with over 100 million books.

Skip to content

Riding Yorkshire's Final Steam Trains: Journeys on Br's North Eastern
Stock photo: cover may vary

Riding Yorkshire's Final Steam Trains: Journeys on Br's North Eastern Region Paperback - 2015

by Keith Widdowson

Add to wish list

Reader reviews for Riding Yorkshire's Final Steam Trains: Journeys on Br's North Eastern Region

Write a review for this book

There are no reviews for this book yet. Be the first to write a review!

Your review will be anonymous unless you login or create an account first.

Overall rating
Remember: You’re rating the book as a work, not the seller or the condition of the specific copy you purchased!

Important Terms and Guidelines

  • Please focus on the book’s content and context. Also, add any personal comments as to how you enjoyed the book. Substantiate your likes and dislikes. You may make comparisons to other books.
  • Reviews must be at least 140 characters in length.
  • Please do not reveal critical plot elements.
  • This is not a help line. Contact customer support if you need help.
Your review must not include:
  • Obscenities, discriminatory language, or other insulting language not suitable for public domain
  • Advertisements, “spam” content, or references to other products, offers or websites.
  • Email addresses, URLs, phone numbers, physical addresses or other contact information.
  • Overly critical comments about other reviews or reviewers
  • Time-sensitive material (i.e. promotional tours, seminars, lectures, etc.)
  • Availability, price, or alternative ordering/shipping information

From the publisher

Keith Widdowson visited the North Eastern Region on over 40 occasions during the final 18 months of steam. Most of the locomotives were neglected, filthy, prone to failure, and often only kept going due to the skills of the crew. The ever-dwindling numbers became corralled within the industrialized heartland of Bradford, Leeds, Wakefield, and Normanton. Here he recalls that bygone era, stalking the endangered "Iron Horses" in their final habitats. He was often far from alone in his quest. The "Haulage-bashing" fraternity often congregated, lemming like, on the early morning mail trains, the holidaymaker trains, or the Bradford portions--indeed, any service with a steam locomotive at its front. This is a compelling snapshot of the race against time at the end of the golden age of steam.

Details

  • Title Riding Yorkshire's Final Steam Trains: Journeys on Br's North Eastern Region
  • Author Keith Widdowson
  • Binding Paperback
  • Pages 160
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher History Press, Stroud, Glos.
  • Publication date 2015
  • Illustrated Yes
  • ISBN 9780750960472 / 0750960477
  • Weight 0.85 lbs (0.39 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.1 x 6.1 x 0.4 in (23.11 x 15.49 x 1.02 cm)
  • Category Transportation
  • Library of Congress subjects Widdowson, Keith - Travel - England -, Railroads - England - Yorkshire - History
  • Dewey Decimal Code 385.361

About the author

Keith Widdowson is a retired BR employee who made it his mission to capture the last days of steam on the railways around Britain. He has previously written The Great Steam Chase: Journeys on the Southern Railway.

Please wait a moment while we load the requested page.