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Title: Railway Goods Sheds and Warehouses Post by: SandTEngineer on April 22, 2020, 10:23:11 This facinating document cropped up elsewhere. Nice bit of restful reading during the current lockdown: https://historicengland.org.uk/images-books/publications/railway-goods-shed-and-warehouse-in-england/the-railway-goods-shed-and-warehouse/
...and there are lots of other railway related documents here: https://historicengland.org.uk/images-books/publications Title: Re: Railway Goods Sheds and Warehouses Post by: CyclingSid on April 23, 2020, 07:01:23 As I think I have said before, I recommend Britain's Railways in Wartime https://historicengland.org.uk/images-books/publications/britains-railways-in-wartime (https://historicengland.org.uk/images-books/publications/britains-railways-in-wartime). Fascinating information about the massive increase in traffic in traffic and how they coped. Also has some stuff on catering.
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