Rails from Shrewsbury- A Pictorial Tribute 1970s-2012

Shrewsbury station, located at the junction of the lines from Chester, Crewe, Wolverhampton, Hereford and Aberystwyth is a busy and interesting railway centre for the enthusiast. Many train movements are still controlled by semaphore signals operated from a number of signal boxes, including the largest remaining operational mechanical signal box in the world at Severn Bridge Junction. Nevertheless, modernisation has been gradually sweeping away much of the railway infrastructure, both at Shrewsbury and in the surrounding area, as it has been everywhere else. This book looks at Shrewsbury itself, the lines that radiate from there, and the trains that ran on them, in the late 20th and the early part of the 21st century. During this time period, much more general railway infrastructure and mechanical signalling was still in use, and loco-hauled trains were abundant, using a variety of motive power, including Classes 25, 31, 33, 37 and 47.