Jones R. Great Central Railway: Past, Present & Future (Illustrated): The world's only double track steam line

Forward, 2015 — 131 p. — ISBN: 978-1-909128-42-2.From Heritage Railway magazine editor Robin Jones, illustrated publication tells the story of the Great Central Railway, the only double track preserved steam railway in the world which is embarking on a major project to become the world’s only inter-city heritage line.The main focus is on the hugely popular modern day line running between Loughborough and Leicester North and uses an incredible collection of images from Britain’s top railway photographers to showcase the very best of preserved steam running in an authentic setting.History has its place too with the formation of the original Great Central Railway, built in 1899 to connect the cities of Manchester, Sheffield and London, being explained and examined. Preservation sites set up elsewhere on the former Great Central line are also detailed including those at Buckinghamshire Railway Centre, Elsecar Heritage Railway and Dinting Railway Centre in Glossop.Edward Watkin’s empire
The last trunk route of the steam age
Robinson’s locomotive fleet
Immingham Dock and the GCR’s electric tramway
The Grouping, British Railways, Beeching and beyond
The Woodhead electrics
Buckinghamshire Railway Centre
Dinting: the lost railway museum
The second coming
The Great Central steam survivors
Doubling up
A new flagship
The testing of Tornado
The third Great Central
Great locos, great galas, Great Central
The Mountsorrel branch reborn
Trams are back
Loughborough relives the war years
Bridge the gap.The greatest Great Central beckons!
An alternative to HS2?
The secret Great Central Railway
The Coalfield Line