{"product_id":"9781398108882-mgr-coal-trains","title":"MGR Coal Trains","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWith previously unpublished photographs documenting merry-go-round coal trains on Britain's railways.\u003cbr\u003eAs electricity became more widely used to power and light Britain’s towns and cities a number of municipal boroughs built their own power stations. In the early years these were inevitably fed by coal, of which the UK had a plentiful supply.In the 1960s and early 1970s the government embarked on a programme of constructing new power stations. The majority of these were constructed with direct rail-connected on-site coal handling facilities and thus was born the Merry-Go-Round, or MGR, coal train.The book features a UK panorama of a wide variety of coal trains on the move, with previously unpublished images from across many years and locations.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40711323058273,"sku":"9781398108882","price":13.48,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_38850441_5d4658c5-6984-4f5f-875e-cd587c463436.jpg?v=1764391715","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781398108882-mgr-coal-trains","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}