This is a very readable and informative booklet, and is recommended for anyone interested in British railway history. This edition is 96 pages with photographs, maps, plans and diagrams in the text, including drawings of the locomotives and rolling stock. It is No. 36 in the Oakwood Press' Locomotion Papers, the Second edition, from 1988.This railway opened in 1898, running from the North Eastern Railway station at Chathill to Seahouses, about four miles away on the coast, just south of Bamburgh. It closed in 1951.The Contents are -P05: IntroductionP07: The Company is FormedP22: ConstructionP29: The Route DescribedP35: The Station BuildingsP39: Board of Trade InspectionP41: LocomotivesP55: Rolling StockP65: Signalling, Train Services and TicketsP73: OperationsP83: AccidentsP85: ClosureP90: Appendix 1 - Locomotives known to have worked on the NSRP92: Appendix 2 - Coaching Stock owned by the NSRP94: Appendix 3 - Timetables