MEMBERS of Helensburgh Heritage Trust and anyone else interested were invited to attend a talk on recent railway history on May 15 2013.
As part of the West Dunbartonshire Council’s ‘Booked’ Festival, railway author and photographer Julian Holland gave a talk on aspects of his new book ‘Dr Beeching’s Axe: 50 Years On’ in Balloch Library.
A lifelong railway enthusiast, he has written many best selling books on railways including 'The Lost Joy of Railways', 'Amazing & Extraordinary Railway Facts', and 'The Lost Lines of Britain', and has co-written 'The Times Mapping the Railways'.