Reprint with amendments: Decorative Illustrated Boards Fine 4to-over 9_"-12" tall. Hardback. Foreword by Christopher Awdry. This book is an enjoyable and fully illustrated guide to more than 40 of the very best preserved and privately owned railways all over the country, including their history and rolling stock. A short introduction tells the story of the railway preservation, and special features look at topics such as main line steam, the National Railway Museum, tramways and monorails, and becoming an engine driver! Illustrated laminated boards. Descriptions and full colour photographs of the 23 surviving and revived steam railways: Talyllyn; Festiniog; Snowdon Mountain; Vale of Rheidol; Llanberis Lake; Welshpool & Llanfair; Fairbourne; Bluebell; Kent & East Sussex; Romney, Hythe & Dymchurch; Mid-Hants (Winchester & Alton); Dart Valley; Torbay & Dartmouth; Severn Valley; West Somerset; Nene Valley; North Norfolk; Great Central; Keighley & Worth Valley; North Yorkshire Moors; Lakeside & Haverthwaite; Ravenglass & Eskdale; and Strathspey.159 pp.