Wennington to Lancaster, Morecambe and Heysham

[rogerfarnworth]

I have just finished reading Roy Davies', Wennington to Morecambe and Heysham (via Lancaster) which was published as one of the Middleton Press Albums. The review is below:

Wennington to Morecambe and Heysham (via Lancaster)

Roy Davies has just published (July 2021) an album in the popular Middleton Press series which calls itself the Ultimate Rail Encyclopedia (International). Like many people, I own a number of these…

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Roy Davies has just published (July 2021) an album in the popular Middleton Press series which calls itself the Ultimate Rail Encyclopedia (International). Like many people, I own a number of these volumes which never seem to disappoint.

Roy Davies book focusses on the former Midland line which followed the valley of the River Lune from Wennington to Lancaster and then turned to the Northwest heading for Morecambe and Heysham.

The line was was a pioneer of electrification. The Midland Railway Board decided in 1906 to electrify the Lancaster-Morcambe-Heysham lines which it had acquired on 1st June 1871 when it absorbed the Morecambe Harbour and Railway Company and the 'little' North Western Railway (not to be confused with the 'large' LNWR).

 

[yorksrob]

They are a very good series of books which I've been enjoying since the 1980's when they were more of a Southern Region phenomenon.

I wonder if they've done one on the rest of the Little North Western !

 

[Mcr Warrior]

I wonder if they've done one on the rest of the Little North Western !

Don't think so. Not yet anyway, you might have to wait a bit longer. Think the nearest of Middleton Press's various other "Northern Lines" titles currently only cover Blackburn to Hellifield and Preston to Blackpool in that part of the country.

Middleton Press | Northern Lines

www.middletonpress.co.uk

P.S. Martin Bairstow did publish an updated version of his 2000 book "The 'Little' North Western Railway", in 2018, if that helps.