Like many young lads born in the early post-war years, Jim soon developed a passionate interest in railways including the myriad steam engines that were still the norm on the rail network in those days.
The results are all here in this nostalgic coffee table book, a steam enthusiast’s dream if I ever saw one. Here we have engines imbued with personality.
Unintentional religious imagery abounds; thus we have the “last days” and “death” of steam, even purgatory – if the famous Barry scrapyard counts as that – and resurrection (steam on preserved lines). An evocative piece of railway history.
Yes, those were the days …
Methodist Recorder
Like many young lads born in the early post-war years, Jim soon developed a passionate interest in railways including the myriad steam engines that were still the norm on the rail network in those days.
The results are all here in this nostalgic coffee table book, a steam enthusiast’s dream if I ever saw one. Here we have engines imbued with personality.
Unintentional religious imagery abounds; thus we have the “last days” and “death” of steam, even purgatory – if the famous Barry scrapyard counts as that – and resurrection (steam on preserved lines). An evocative piece of railway history.
Yes, those were the days …
Methodist Recorder
Beautiful & inspiring book on a fascinating under-explored era for model railway enthusiasts. A very handsome A4 hardback, of approx 120 pages, filled with great pictures in both colour and black and white. Authors Peter Chatham and Stephen Weston, themselves manufacturers of high end trains etc, have produced a book to inspire and inform railway modellers with the earlier period, pre-1880, of steam. One minor gripe is that the book assumes a knowledge of the subject I don't as yet have, and there's no glossary, so it's a bit opaque in places for an interested layman like me. After a decent introduction to the subject, there's a chapter on a pioneer of modelling this period, Mike Sharman, followed by chapters whose titles - Infrastructure, Locomotives, Carriages, Wagons, Layouts and Models - tell you what to expect. There's an appendix listing sources of model suppliers, and a bibliography. The chief attraction, however, are the copious and very attractive illustrations, which range from.. Read more
Sebastian Palmer (Amazon Review)
Beautiful & inspiring book on a fascinating under-explored era for model railway enthusiasts. A very handsome A4 hardback, of approx 120 pages, filled with great pictures in both colour and black and white. Authors Peter Chatham and Stephen Weston, themselves manufacturers of high end trains etc, have produced a book to inspire and inform railway modellers with the earlier period, pre-1880, of steam. One minor gripe is that the book assumes a knowledge of the subject I don't as yet have, and there's no glossary, so it's a bit opaque in places for an interested layman like me. After a decent introduction to the subject, there's a chapter on a pioneer of modelling this period, Mike Sharman, followed by chapters whose titles - Infrastructure, Locomotives, Carriages, Wagons, Layouts and Models - tell you what to expect. There's an appendix listing sources of model suppliers, and a bibliography. The chief attraction, however, are the copious and very attractive illustrations, which range from.. Read more
Sebastian Palmer (Amazon Review)
This is quite a detailed book... It will appeal to those who work or worked on the railways.
Branch Line Britain
This is quite a detailed book... It will appeal to those who work or worked on the railways.
Branch Line Britain
There are almost 200 previously unpublished colour photographs, many of which prick your memory of the various liveries that have been in existence with all the different Train Operating Companies.
Branch Line Britain
There are almost 200 previously unpublished colour photographs, many of which prick your memory of the various liveries that have been in existence with all the different Train Operating Companies.
Branch Line Britain
Ultimately a book that helps us to better understand the Allied war effort with regard to the railways, to appreciate the human operosity even in wartime, to know better a world (the railway one) for me new and extremely interesting and Pleasant.
Read the full Italian review [link=https://oldbarbedwire.blogspot.com/2019/03/narrow-gauge-in-somme-sector-before.html]here[/link]
Old Barbed Wire Blog
Ultimately a book that helps us to better understand the Allied war effort with regard to the railways, to appreciate the human operosity even in wartime, to know better a world (the railway one) for me new and extremely interesting and Pleasant.
Read the full Italian review [link=https://oldbarbedwire.blogspot.com/2019/03/narrow-gauge-in-somme-sector-before.html]here[/link]
Old Barbed Wire Blog
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Locomotive Portraits
Whilst ever there have been railways there have been artists keen to paint them. Many famous names have included aspects of the railways in their paintings, including most notably Claude Monet and J M W Turner. This enthusiasm has been kept alive by the formation in the UK of the Guild of Railway Artists, of which there are over two hundred members… Read more...
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Flying Scotsman
From hauling the first non-stop express from London to Edinburgh in 1928 and breaking the 100mph barrier in 1934, to being sold in 1963, and to its final home at the York National Railway Centre, The Flying Scotsman has a rich and, at times, controversial history. It has travelled across the USA and steamed across Australia, changed owners and colour… Read more...
