Paddington to Birkenhead

People today often forget that the Great Western Railway once operated a train service from Paddington to Birkenhead, linking the capital with Liverpool. The services on this once important main line operated from the middle of the nineteenth century until 1967, when Birkenhead Woodside finally closed. Michael Baker has produced a book covering the history of this once much used service, from the early period until its demise in the mind 1960s. Well-illustrated with both colour and black & white images depicting the once rich mixture of traffic to be found on this interesting historic railway.