Society News

NOV 2008 - Rose Grove book published

The latest Society publication is the first volume of the definitive history of Rose Grove by Noel Coates.

Rose Grove, near Burnley, was a major railway centre in its heyday with marshalling yards for the extensive freight traffic and a locomotive depot.

This first volume includes an historical overview of the area and a detailed look at each location within it. The book contains 159 photographs, many of which have never previously been published, and numerous drawings and tables.

Copies cost £9.95, plus postage and packing, and can be obtained from the Society’s Publications Sales Officer Alex Hodson at 8, St Michaels Close, Lawhitton, Launceston, Cornwall PL15 9NF Tel: 01566 776463 or sales@lyrs.org.uk

Volume Two, to be published in 2009, will deal with working arrangements and signalling.