North East Railways : From Steam to Modern Traction Family & relationships 'Lucid and entertaining

'Lucid and entertaining

or an inexorable rope that will kill a man before he knows it is around his neck

where you'll raise seedlings

From hunting to our hearths

and each speech is accompanied by an introduction explaining its historical context and how it influenced the momentous events of the day - as well as those that followed

North East Railways : From Steam to Modern Traction Family & relationships 'Lucid and entertainingAuthor: Tuffrey, Peter North & North East England Published on 11 July 2025 by Great Northern Books Ltd in the United Kingdom. Hardback 144 pages, 200 colour and black and white archive photographs 187 x 253 x 15 614g Following the announcement of British Railways' Modernisation Plan in 1955, a transitional period existed where steam engines operated alongside new diesel and electric forms of motive power. North East England was particularly affected