Trains and railways: general interest Books
Crecy Publishing The Meon Valley Line, Part 2: A Rural Backwater
Book SynopsisThis new title compiled by railway expert Kevin Robertson forms the second of a three part series covering the construction, life and demise of the Meon Valley Railway. This new title focuses on the operational years of what was a rural backwater, again using much previously unseen material. The years featured are from 1904 to 1955, although right from the start the owning company, the LSWR, must have realise here was a line which could never attract business on its own. Indeed economy was to start as early as 1922, after which would come a slow decline tempered with a brief respite when Droxford became the scene of a high level conference in preparation for D-day. All these, and many more aspects of what was a truly charming railway are covered in detail by Kevin Robertson. This informative new title also includes extracts from official paperwork, snippets of local news from the stations themselves and a variety of mono and colour illustrations.
£15.26
Crecy Publishing Modelling the Southern: Ideas and Inspiration
£14.85
Crecy Publishing The Meon Valley Railway, Part 3: Closure and
Book SynopsisThe story of the Meon Valley Railway has been broken into three volumes by expert railway author Kevin Robertson, each of them covering a specific time span. The third volume tells the story of the railway in its final months leading to closure, the last trains and then the gradual decay that naturally followed. However, this is not a book full of depressing images, instead it follows how sections remained in operational use for some years afterwards and also recounts the story of the abortive preservation scheme at Droxford. The book is also alive with stories and folklore from staff and passengers alike. Enthusiasts and locals will be enthralled by this last volume, not least by the specially commissioned painting for the jacket, depicting the station at Wickham by renowned railway artist Sean Bolan.
£15.26
Crecy Publishing Impermanent Ways: The Closed Lines of Britain:
Book SynopsisJeff Grayer''s previous books in the Impermanent Ways series have been widely welcomed and enjoyed by enthusiasts and the public alike. The latest volume in the series covers Somerset. The author has deliberately excluded the Somerset and Dorset line, which is covered in detail elsewhere. Instead, he has concentrated on the many closed lines from north of Yeovil across to Chard, Langport, Witham, Cranmore, Mells, Shepton Mallett and, of course, the now preserved West Somerset route.Detailed historical notes relating to all the closed lines are provided in the informative captions which accompany the wealth of photographs, all of which are in colour. Lots of other railway emphemera is also featured, including extracts from old timetables, notices and tickets.
£10.76
Irwell Press Ever Changing Birmingham in Colour
£11.69
Irwell Press Southern Big Tanks: W 2-6-4Ts : 31911-31925: Vol
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£12.56
Middleton Press Bangor to Holyhead: Including the Angelsey
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£19.95
Middleton Press Branch Lines to Harwich and Hadleigh
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£19.95
Middleton Press Northern Alpine Narrow Gauge: Interlaken to
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£19.95
Middleton Press Wrexham to New Brighton: Including Connah's Quay
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£19.95
Middleton Press Stratford to Cheshunt: Including the Southbury
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£19.95
Middleton Press Northampton to Peterborough: Including the Seaton
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£19.95
Crecy Publishing Impermanent Ways: The Closed Lines of Britain Vol
Book SynopsisJeffery Grayer, author of many of the Impermanent Way titles, has once again sourced a lively and unusual selection of images to illustrate the wide variety of lines that once existed in Dorset but have now long been closed. Contrasting with the views of closure are a carefully chosen selection of colour scenes showing the featured lines as they were in operation. The vast majority of the photographs in the book have never been seen before.Locations such as Bournemouth West, Corfe Castle, Swanage and Bridport/West Bay feature strongly as does Lyme Regis and the changes that have occurred around Weymouth.
£10.76
Crecy Publishing Impermanent Ways: The Closed Lines of Britain Vol
Book SynopsisThis new volume in the highly popular Impermanent Ways series is the second to be produced in 2014, the first on Dorset being released in January 2014. Author Jeffrey Grayer has once again sourced a fantastic selection of unusual and topical images to bring to life the numerous closed lines that once existed in this rural county. Lovely locations such as the Forest of Dean, Lydney, Tetbury, Cirencester, Tewkesbury and of course Gloucester Docks all feature. Contrasting with the views of closure are a carefully chosen selection of contemporary colour scenes showing the featured lines in operation. The vast majority of the photographs included in the book have never been seen before.
£10.76
Crecy Publishing Southern Wagons in Colour
Book SynopsisThis new book, by a widely acknowledged expert in the field of Southern rolling stock, provides the very first completely comprehensive record of individual Southern wagons in colour. The vehicles themselves are seen of course in BR days, but it is rare to find a record such a this, with informative captions from such an authoritative author. Considering the Southern Railway ceased to exist as an independent company over 60 years ago, this is a remarkable archive and will be extremely valuable not only to railway historians and enthusiasts, but also to modellers who will find the level of detail invaluable.
£15.75
Crecy Publishing Great Western Docks & Marine
Book SynopsisThe name of Tony Atkins should need little introduction to followers of the Great Western Railway. One of the original contributors to the books on Great Western Wagons and more recently on Great Western Goods Services, his expertise in this particular field of history, operation and commerce is probably without equal. Now he turns his attention to the Docks services operated by the Company and while shipping cannot be totally ignored, this is a book which concentrates primarily on the docks - how they operated, and the traffic that each of them handled, both goods and passenger. Neither were the Great Western docks limited to just South Wales, instead the book starts at Brentford, moves to Weymouth, then travels around the coast to Kingswear, Totnes and Plymouth before continuing through Bristol, Gloucester and finally into South Wales.
£21.25
Crecy Publishing Southern Infrastructure 1922 - 1934: A Second
Book SynopsisLast year Noodle Books produced the first volume of photographs from the E Wallis collection, which received widespread praise. Due to this success a new collection of photographs is being selected which is sure to be widely welcomed by Southern enthusiasts.E Wallis was a signal engineer on the LBSCR and SR from 1922 to 1934 and was in a privileged position to record the contemporary infrastructure scene on the railway. As a result very few trains feature in the pictures, but instead there are images from vantage points not normally accessible to the average enthusiast. All the photographs are of excellent quality and it is rare these days to find such a rare collection that has never been seen and have the opportunity of bring them to a wider audience.
£14.85
Crecy Publishing Impermanent Ways: The Closed Lines of Britain -
Book SynopsisThis is the tenth volume in this highly popular series of books which look in detail at the lost and closed lines of the United Kingdom. Author Jeffery Grayer, who has contributed many titles to the series, this time looks at the closed lines of the Welsh Border counties. He has amassed a collection of colour views from a variety of former lines both in England, Wales and of course, cross-border routes.This new book is a perfect exercise in nostalgia for all those who like to travel back in time from the comfort of their armchair, and is equally valuable for active travellers and railway historians.
£11.66
Crecy Publishing The Southern Way Special Issue No. 12: A
Book SynopsisOctober 2015 sees the centenary of the start of third-rail electric services from Waterloo, an electric system that would develop over the years so much so that with the obvious exception of the 1940''s there would continue to be expansion of the third-rail in every decade through to the 1960''s - and even afterwards there would continue to be some additions later. Electrification was a new venture for the London & South Western Railway, a necessary change in order to combat the growing competition from some of the already established London lines and its neighbour the London, Brighton & South Coast Railway. What is so remarkable is that notwithstanding the difficulties of war, the new electrified lines were ready to start operation in the midst of conflict and would prove to be an immediate success. Here is the story of those early days, the stock of the time and even contemporary recollections of the reliability (or otherwise) of some of the first trains
£14.85
Crecy Publishing The Decline and Fall of the Westerham Railway: A
Book SynopsisFor over 50 years myths have abounded about the closure of the Westerham branch line. This explosive new account investigates how British Railways managers went about closing a well-loved branch line. Using official papers and documents kept hidden for many years, the book reveals how users of the line almost managed to keep it open and that BR had even started to electrify it only for Ernest Marples, the controversial Minister of Transport, to insist that closure must go ahead. Starting with a history of the branch line from Westerham through Brasted and Chevington to Dunton Green, we learn of the difficulties experienced before it opened for traffic in July 1881. However, by 1960 competition from buses meant that the railway was reportedly losing 26,000 a year and the last public services ran in October 1961. Pressure persuaded British Railways to grant a local interest group permission to lease the railway, a decision later rescinded in view of plans for what would become the M25 motorway.This unhappy story is now laid bare: warts and all. The book exposes how, when local people and enthusiasts tried to bring their railway back to life, civil servants and BR managers were panicked by the prospect that a preserved Westerham line might prove local railways could be run more efficiently, at the time when the government was determined to sacrifice the rail network upon the altar of an upgraded road system. It describes the deception and increasingly underhand methods that were used to block the scheme and how the truth of the closure
£21.21
Crecy Publishing GWR Goods Train Working: Volume 2: From Control
Book SynopsisThe name of Tony Atkins will need no introduction to followers of the Great Western Railway. In Part 2 of this monumental work on Great Western Goods working, the story is taken forward starting with 20th Century goods train on the GWR working to the various types of special traffic handled. This heavily illustrated volume looks at perishable traffic: flowers, fruit and vegetables, banana workings, as well as livestock, refrigerated and fish traffic. There are also sections on dangerous goods and exceptional loads, the movement of the latter often requiring considerable planning to avoid structures and other trains from a load which was outside the standard loading gauge. The culmination of several decades of painstaking research this complex and detailed subject is split into two volumes, both rightly deserving a place on the bookshelf of the enthusiast and historian.
£23.38
Crecy Publishing In the Tracks of the 'Bournemouth Belle': 3
Book SynopsisLuxury train travel - Pullman style - was a feature of the railways until the 1970s and in the south several regular services bore the name Pullman. One, the ''Bournemouth Belle'' was destined to become the last regular steam hauled train of its type to operate. As the name implies the service served the Dorset town, running a daily service each way from Waterloo. This was also an all-Pullman train with no ordinary coaches where smartly dressed stewards would welcome the passengers, show them to their seats with aplomb and no doubt also hope for the occasional gratuity. To travel on the service an additional supplementary fare applied whilst meals were similarly extra. On the basis of the additional cost alone it might be thought the service would hardly survive but far from it, and apart from an interruption due to war, the train operated daily from the 1930s until the end of steam in the south in July 1967. Packed with fascinating facts and a plethora of images we see the service at its peak and in its decline and well as recording its passage throughout the route from Waterloo to Bournemouth and return.
£11.66
Noodle Books Southern Steam Swansong: The Final Years 1964-67
Book SynopsisIt was during the 1964 Autumn half term that a young Paul Cooper picked up a copy of Modern Railways at Kings Cross, inside was a story announcing of the 15 million Bournemouth electrification scheme, due for completion in early 1967. He knew that would represent the elimination of a 100% steam service in a little over two years and so he resolved to record as much of the action as he could, before it was gone forever.Over the next three years, Paul fulfilled that promise by travelling all over the Southern Region, photographing not just the special services of the era, but moreover the daily workings and the scenes in the stations, sidings and workshops where steam locomotives were seeing out their final years in service.Now, to mark 50 years since the last steam services ran in the UK, Paul has teamed-up with Crécy Publishing to bring many of these glorious photographs into publication for the first time. In addition to Paul''s own photographs, Southern Steam Swansong also includes images from other photographers, including in particular a selection from a recently uncovered cache of previously unknown large format colour Ektachrome images, all recorded on a German-made Rolleiflex camera.In all, Southern Steam Swansong contains over 250 photographs, of which 187 are in colour and around 90% have never been published before. These stunning images are supported by detailed captions which tell the story not just of the images themselves, but of the people, places and machinery that were part of the Southern Railway in these years of transition from a steam railway to the diesel and electric era.As well as being of the highest technical quality, the images of Southern Steam Swansong are at once an evocative, detailed and lasting record of places and times that are now half a century behind us. Anyone with an interest in this time will find a wealth of information in these pages, and for any railway enthusiast, modeller or historian this will be the ultimate pictorial tribute to the swansong.
£23.38
Crecy Publishing Impermanent Ways Special: Part 1: Midland & South
Book SynopsisThe Midland & South Western Junction Railway, better known as the MSWJ was one of three cross-country lines that ran north-south through Southern England. Starting from Cheltenham where it rubbed shoulders with the Midland it passed through the very heart of the Great Western at Swindon and on through Marlborough to reach Andover where for the final few miles there was arrangement with the London & South Western Railway to reach Southampton. Prior to 1923 it might best be described as a cash strapped route although its fortunes finally improved considerably thanks to the involvement of a new general manager (Sir) Sam Fay. Later under the GWR that company almost seemed to eek its revenge, investing little and seemingly taking little interest in promoting what could well have been a useful through route. The MSWJ finally closed as a through line in 1961 but it lives on here with a wonderful series of images depicting both the last years and its ultimate demise the majority in colour with many published for the first time in book form.
£13.46
Crecy Publishing Impermanent Ways Special 2: The closed railway
Book SynopsisThe Midland & South Western Junction Railway, better known as the MSWJ was one of three cross-country lines that ran north-south through Southern England. Starting from Cheltenham where it rubbed shoulders with the Midland it passed through the very heart of the Great Western at Swindon and on through Marlborough to reach Andover where for the final few miles there was arrangement with the London & South Western Railway to reach Southampton. Prior to 1923 it might best be described as a cash strapped route although its fortunes finally improved considerably thanks to the involvement of a new general manager (Sir) Sam Fay. Later, under the GWR that company almost seemed to eek its revenge, investing little and seemingly taking little interest in promoting what could well have been a useful through route. The MSWJ finally closed as a through line in 1961 but it lives on here with a wonderful series of images depicting both the last years and its ultimate demise the majority in colour with many published for the first time in book form.
£13.46
Crecy Publishing Steam Around Bristol: Revised Edition
Book SynopsisThe origins of the Great Western Railway lay in the desire of leading merchants in the city of Bristol for a rapid link to London to maintain the role of the city''s port in trade with the Americas in the face of growing competition from Liverpool. The crests of both cities were incorporated into the GWR''s coat of arms. As the railway network expanded throughout the nineteenth century, Bristol became an increasingly important railway centre with the Midland Railway joining the GWR in serving the city and with tracks expanding into the docks and major industrial complexes as a consequence of increasing trade. In this new all colour book, Bristol based railway expert Gerry Nichols explores the great variety of lines and workings in the greater Bristol area that were still active from the 1950s onwards using the superb photographs taken by the late Mark Warburton. The photos are accompanied by detailed captions throughout. Contained within the pages of the book is a veritable feast of steam engines and early diesels, at work on main lines, secondary routes, branches and dock and industrial lines in and around the city. The photos cover that fascinating period in the 1950s and the early 1960s when steam was beginning to be eclipsed by modern traction. The book is an absolute delight not just for Bristolians but also for all who are interested in the city, its hinterland and in the complex network of lines which served it.
£21.21
Crecy Publishing Impermanent Ways 15: Across The Shires
Book SynopsisThis the fifteenth volume in the Impermanent Ways series, one of the most enduring and admired collections of railway titles published in recent years, is also a departure for the series as hitherto, volumes have focused on lost lines and infrastructure in different counties or geographically defined areas of the country.However, the latest addition to the series is something of a departure from previous books in that it focuses not upon the disused stations of one or two counties but instead ranges across the country from the South Coast to the Scottish Highlands to examine some of the wider aspects of railway infrastructure which has been lost including signalboxes and former steam motive power depots. It also takes a brief look at the scene in the North West of England in 1968, the final year of BR''s steam operations.One or two routes featured in these pages, such as that from Bristol to Severn Beach and Ashford to Hastings, which are still operational today, are covered, albeit the current views of these now very basic railways shows how much has been lost since they were in their prime and how very different they are today from the way they looked 50 years ago.
£11.66
Crecy Publishing The Southern Way 52: The Regular Volume for the
Book SynopsisWe are pleased to announce the forthcoming publication of the next issue of The Southern Way, the journal of record for all those interested in the history and heritage of the Southern Railway, its constituent companies and the Southern Region of British Railways. Edited by Kevin Robertson, whose extensive knowledge of all things SR and whose many publications on the railways of the south of England are well known to SR enthusiasts, each volume contains a series of authoritative articles on an always interesting range of topics, copiously illustrated with a wealth of photographs. Four issues of The Southern Way are published annually, usually in January, April, July and October and the regular issues of the journal are supplemented by occasional Southern Way Specials which focus in much greater depth on specific area of SR history, operations or traction.
£13.46
Platform 5 Publishing Ltd Austrian Railways: Locomotives, Multiple Units
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£22.95
Platform 5 Publishing Ltd Irish Railways: Locomotives, Multiple Units and
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£18.95
Platform 5 Publishing Ltd The Railways of Manchester: The Evolution and
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£38.00
Platform 5 Publishing Ltd Waterloo to the West Country: A Journey from
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£25.95
Middleton Press Nuneaton To Loughborough.: and Ashby-de-la-Zouch to Derby
£19.95
Middleton Press Ilkeston To Chesterfield: including many
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£19.95
Middleton Press Inverkeithing To Thornton Junction: Via
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£19.95
Middleton Press West Somerset Railway.
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£23.41
Middleton Press Blackburn To Skipton.
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£19.95
How2become Ltd Train Driver Situational Judgement Tests: 100
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£11.67
Crecy Publishing Yellow Trains
Book SynopsisThe ''Yellow Trains'' or to be more accurate, the various measurement and test trains operated by Network Rail are a regular sight to commuters and passengers alike on all parts of the railway system. Operated by Network Rail on behalf of any number of the various companies charged with maintaining the network, their task is to check, assess and monitor the track, bridges and tunnels on both passenger and freight only lines. In the past these checks were done principally by staff on foot, and were naturally limited to the distance it was possible to cover in a set period, or by the visual observation of bridges and tunnels often using an old coach converted for inspection purposes.Today''s high-speed railway demanded something different and as such the various test trains have evolved filled to the roof with the most sophisticated equipment to be found anywhere. Speeding along the lines at up to 125 mph, they will check the alignment of the track and distance to structures, as well as locating defects for general care and maintenance for later attention or, if the defect is serious enough, immediate attention, in which case all following traffic is stopped until a detailed check and if necessary rectification is made.Author Andrew Royle spent many years engaged as a computer technician on a variety of the different test trains and in the course of his travels covered much of the network. His story is both technical and personal, from the purpose of the equipment and how it operates to the trials and tribulations of using it.
£21.25
Crecy Publishing Swindon - The Complete Works
Book SynopsisPeter Timm''s two previous books on the subject of Swindon works have been combined and rewritten to form the basis for this enlarged work. This is a comprehensive account of the Great Western Railway''s main works in what was, in many ways, its heyday. It is written in a way that should appeal to engineers, social historians, railway enthusiasts and people looking for their Swindon ancestors.The scale is such that it is intended as a work of reference, rather than a straight cover-to-cover read. To that end, each of the twenty-five chapters has been divided into sections and there is a general index. As with most historical research, this study is researched from many varied sources not least from first-hand recollections of the men and women who worked ''inside''. The author also confronts many widely held views and dispels some of the myths. One being that everything that can be written about the GWR has already been written, this book clearly proves otherwise.In piecemeal form, much has been written about Swindon Works but many aspects of it have remained, until now, neglected. Saying that it''s ''complete'' is a bold statement, so perhaps it should be regarded as ''near enough'': that''s what old Swindonians used to say when something turned out right.
£21.25
Irwell Press MAIN LINE TO THE SOUTH PART 2: ST CROSS TO
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£27.96
Mortons Media Group Diesel Part 2: Swindon Warships
£11.69
Mortons Media Group Railway Magazine - Archive Series 1
Book SynopsisThe last great age of steam in Britain is revisited in this new collection of superb photographs from the extensive archive of the Railway Magazine. Author Pete Kelly, editor of The Railway Magazine Guide to Modelling, looks back to a time when streamlined steam express trains charged headlong through the English countryside every day of the week. The 1930s would see a host of iconic engines constructed - such as the legendary LNER A4s, the beautiful LMS Coronation Class locos, the rare LMS Princess Royal Class and the workhorse LNER Class V2 engines built in large numbers for mixed traffic. This new volume collects rare images offering a glimpse of the days when these incredible engines could be found hard at work all over Britain.
£7.59
Mortons Media Group Settle & Carlilse Revival
Book Synopsishe Settle & Carlisle railway runs across the roof of England, reaching the highest point on any main line railway in the country, and carries both passenger services and freight traffic. But it has also been fortunate enough to survive two attempts to close it and in fact should probably never have been built at all. There could now be a 72-mile abandoned trackbed passing through such places as Blea Moor, over Dent Head and Arten Gill viaducts and the legendary Ais Gill summit, but sufficient people felt strongly enough to campaign successfully to stop this happening. This is the story of the revival in the fortunes of the Settle & Carlisle. Many closed stations have reopened and been restored to their former glory, freight traffic has returned and steam-hauled excursions over the line have gone from strength to strength
£13.49
Great Northern Books Ltd Southern Steam 1948-1967
Book SynopsisSouthern Region Steam 1948-1967 contains over 250 stunning colour and black and white photographs of steam locomotives working across much of the South of England. Many areas of interest are featured, including: Eastleigh; Dover; Southampton; Brighton; Guildford; Exeter; Plymouth; Guildford; Reading; Salisbury; Winchester; Yeovil. A section is provided for all the important SR locations in London, such as Waterloo station, Stewarts Lane shed, Bricklayers Arms shed, Clapham Junction, Victoria station, etc. There is also a selection of images taken on the Isle of Wight which came under the jurisdiction of the SR. A large number of the area's most recognisable classes are presented: Bulleid's 'Merchant Navy' and 'Battle of Britain'/'West Country' Pacifics; Maunsell 'King Arthur' and 'Schools', amongst others; Urie 4-6-0s; Drummond M7; Wainwright C Class. The old Adams 415 Class engines have been captured on their native soil, whilst equally ancient Stroudley E1s have been encountered. Also making appearances are BR Standard Class engines, ranging from the 'Britannias' to the 4-6-0s, 2-6-0s and 2-6-4Ts. The locomotives have been captured in many evocative scenes of the era, comprising those at stations, both main line and smaller local facilities, engine sheds and from the lineside. The photographs are accompanied by well-researched and informative captions. The preservation movement was born in the Southern Region and hopefully this collection of images helps remind everyone that the steam locomotives left are worthy of continued interest as representatives of a bygone age.
£999.99
Great Northern Books Ltd Peppercorn's Pacifics
Book SynopsisArthur Henry Peppercorn, OBE (29 January 1889 - 3 March 1951) was the last Chief Mechanical Engineer (CME) of the London and North Eastern Railway. Peppercorn finished several projects which were started by his predecessor Edward Thompson, but most popular were his LNER Peppercorn Class A1 and the LNER Peppercorn Class A2 . These were known as some of the best British steam locomotives ever in service. Upon nationalisation and the foundation of British Railways, he continued in essentially the same job, now titled "Chief Mechanical Engineer, Eastern and North Eastern Regions"; he retired at the end of 1949, two years after nationalisation. Only one of his famous Pacific locomotives, a LNER Peppercorn Class A2, 60532 Blue Peter, was preserved, but none of the LNER Peppercorn Class A1. However, a brand new A1, 60163 Tornado, built as the next in the class, has been constructed. It moved under its own steam for the first time in August 2008. The book will detail Peppercorn's life with as many personal pictures as possible. It will include black and white and colour pictures of 49 of his A1 locomotives and 15 of his A2 locomotives. The pictures will show the locomotives under construction, from the lineside and on shed.
£21.25
Great Northern Books Ltd The Golden Age of Yorkshire Railways
Book SynopsisUsing well over 200 pin sharp photographs and informative text, the book will feature many aspects of railway development in Yorkshire prior to the Grouping of railways in 1923 as well as the years afterwards, up to 1948, and the establishment of British Railways. There is an impressive geographical spread across the region, including the West, East and North Ridings. Included is an outstanding collection of photographs gathered from postcards, original prints, and from glass plate negatives. The captions are well researched and written in a non railway jargon manner, for the enjoyment of a wide audience. The pictures should be of interest well beyond the average railway enthusiast as they form strong social history in portraying such themes as contemporary life, changing fashion in dress (male and female), advertising slogans of the period and excessive numbers of railway staff at many stations. They also show the varied styles of station, bridge and viaduct architecture as well as the way communities have changed. - A lavish reasonably-priced, hardback book, roughly covering the railway period in Yorkshire 1900- 1948 - Besides locomotives, stations, bridges, viaducts and other railway subjects are illustrated - Nothing has been gathered together in such a large sized book hitherto - Over 200 pin sharp photographs beautifully printed - A wealth of facts and figures useful to social historians and railway enthusiasts alike - A fantastic glimpse into Yorkshire's railway world in the first half of the 20th century.
£16.99
Great Northern Books Ltd British Railways Standard Pacifics
Book SynopsisBritish Rail Standard Pacifics features steam locomotives in the Britannia,Duke of Gloucester, and Clan classes. - There are photographs of every Britannia class locomotive, the Duke of Gloucester and all the Clan class engines. - A book of this nature has not been seen hitherto. - There is a considerable number of evocative colour pictures as well as an abundance of pin-sharp black and white images. - The total number of pictures is around 300. - The captions are well researched and informative. - The Britannia class locomotives are seen in various locations up and down the country: in London, the West Country, East Anglia, North West, Yorkshire and many other areas. The Clan Class are mainly seen operating in Scotland but a few are seen south of the Border. - Many engines are depicted undertaking a variety of duties as well as being captured on shed. Several are seen on works and on the scrap line. - The book will be of interest to both rail enthusiasts and social historians alike.
£21.25
