Author: BOYD, JAMES I.C.
Title: Narrow Gauge Railways in North Caernarvonshire. Volume 3: The Dinorwic Quarry and Railways, Great Orme Tramsway and Other Rail Systems.
Description: Oxford: The Oakwood Press, 1986. 085361328. The British Narrow Gauge Railway - No.5. "The third and last volume in a series to cover a part of North Wales where lay some of the earliest railways in the Prinicpality, if not in the world..The railways were of infinite individuality, reflecting the character of the owner. Unlike railways in other parts of the Kingdom, they were not territorially ambitious, governed by remote Boards of Directors in far-away London or subject to scrutiny by Board of Trade inspection". Pp.xii/228, 192 black & white photo plates + numerous drawings and maps, maps to endpapers, owner's initials to front free endpaper. Green cloth, dustwrapper. VG/VG.

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