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Book Review
Great Northern Railway Branches from Stamford
By Peter Paye
Published by Lightmoor Press, Lydney, Gloucestershire - 2017
Price £25 - ISBN-13: 978-1911038245
This well illustrated hardback book of 176 indexed pages with black and white images and
diagrams, is to be commended for its production values and erudition. It provides a
comprehensive history of the railway branches from ‘Stamford East’ station linking the town, via
Ryhall and Belmesthorpe, to the Great Northern Railway at Essendine. It also covers the
Stamford to Wansford section in Northamptonshire.
The book contains much of interest to the local reader, outlining the origins and history of the
routes, as well as technical details concerning timetables, locomotives, rolling stock, track,
bridges, level-crossings and signalling. There is also a section on the people who operated the
railway.
This book will appeal to those living in the eastern part of the county, those interested in its
transport connections and, of course, rail enthusiasts.
RBP