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6024 Preservation Society

"Following his interesting book on Hondas at the Isle of Man, Matthew Richardson now has written an equally fascinating book on Yamahas in competition... Richardson's book is a great read..."
NZ Bike Rider Magazine - June/July 2025 issue

This is a thoroughly comprehensive and well researched account of the entire career of the 'Baby Deltics' ... All in all, this is a fine example of what a study of modern traction should look like."
The Railway Correspondence and Travel Society, The Railway Observer - May 2025, Volume 95

As can be imagined for a book aimed at the modeller, there is immense attention to detail, such as maps, track layouts and the architecture, notably the entrance arch whose demolition was endorsed by Prime Minister Harold Macmillan in 1961, and the much-mourned classic Great Hall. The author and his team of contributors are complemented for their altogether welcoming and agreeable writing style.
Steam World - February 2025

"...a purchase of one or both (Victorian and Edwardian Locomotive Portraits, Northern England, Wales, Scotland and Ireland) may spur you buy other books to find out more about the subject..."
Steam World - February 2025