Lost Lines: Ryde to Cowes

by Roger Norfolk

Overview

Here we recall the Ryde to Cowes railway line, a route that joined the two principal Isle of Wight steamer ports with the county town. Taking a rather circuitous and hilly route from Ryde to Newport, it then turned north along the west bank of the River Medina to reach its Cowes destination. With rural stations some distances from their villages, continual green landscapes and vintage trains, the line possessed an ever increasing charm as the years progressed.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781913733261
Publisher:	Graffeg
Publication date:	07/05/2020
Series:	Lost Lines of England , #1
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
File size:	23 MB
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About the Author

Roger’s interest in railways dates from the mid-1950s where the playground talk on a Monday was of the weekend of train spotting by the local main line. He later became a keen photographer, an interest, maintained to this day. As a young man he joined the infant Severn Valley Railway and its permanent way gang, later graduating to steam loco footplate work and management, with 2018 seeing him mark years as a 50 volunteer. A career change in 1991 saw Roger join British Rail to become a driver and, later, manager, from which he retired in 2007. For many years he contributed to the SVR house magazine and, more recently has written articles for other magazines following his role as the driver of Flying Scotsman on the BBC 4 TV documentary, Flying Scotsman From the Footplate. Writing for Graffeg is an interesting challenge that brings together his railway knowledge and photography.