NEW MID HANTS BOOK  - JUNE 2016

"This book takes a return trip to the Mid Hants Railway, commonly known as “The Watercress Line”, to see what has changed since Matt Allen’s original book on the line was published by Halsgrove in 2007.  There is no better sight than a superbly restored steam locomotive in action and the Mid Hants Railway is one of the best heritage railways in the UK to see this happen, with its steep gradients ensuring the locomotives have to work hard.

The Mid Hants is one of the many railways that fell foul of the Beeching review and was closed by British Railways in 1973. However a determined band of volunteers who were keen not to see this line fade from history set about preserving and rebuilding it to its former glory.

Matt Allen has used his local knowledge of the railway to showcase over 150 spectacular photographs which capture the essence of what the railway is all about".

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