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« on: April 22, 2020, 10:23:11 »

This facinating document cropped up elsewhere.  Nice bit of restful reading during the current lockdown: https://historicengland.org.uk/images-books/publications/railway-goods-shed-and-warehouse-in-england/the-railway-goods-shed-and-warehouse/

...and there are lots of other railway related documents here: https://historicengland.org.uk/images-books/publications
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« Reply #1 on: April 23, 2020, 07:01:23 »

As I think I have said before, I recommend Britain's Railways in Wartime https://historicengland.org.uk/images-books/publications/britains-railways-in-wartime. Fascinating information about the massive increase in traffic in traffic and how they coped. Also has some stuff on catering.

Historic England books are generally excellent, although pricey probably because of short print runs.
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