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Unfinished Lines: Rediscovering the remains of railways never completed

By Mark Yonge. Published by Pen & Sword Books, 268 pages, hardback, 127 colour and black-and-white illustrations. Published price £30 plus postage. Details from https://www.pen-and-sword.co.uk. ISBN 978-1-39901-853-1.

Look at a map of British Railways in 1948 and what you see is a dense and comprehensive network. It is always a little of a shock to learn how many other lines, in addition

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