North East Railways : From Steam to Modern Traction Family & relationships From hunting to our hearths

From hunting to our hearths

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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

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North East Railways : From Steam to Modern Traction Family & relationships From hunting to our hearthsAuthor: 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