The Last Years of British Rail

During 1990-94 many locomotive classes became extinct, but new builds helped to redress the balance. Speedlink ended, but the first Eurostars appeared, and in 1994, the Channel Tunnel opened. This work chronicles these developments using pictures, which records the end of an important railway era.

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During 1990-94 many locomotive classes became extinct, but new builds helped to redress the balance. Speedlink ended, but the first Eurostars appeared. In the final year, 1994, the Channel Tunnel opened. All these developments and more are chronicled here, using superb pictures by some of the country's leading photographers to record the end of an important railway era.