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LAST YEARS OF STEAM: LONDON MIDLAND REGION
LAST YEARS OF STEAM LONDON MIDLAND REGION Author:David Williams During the last years of steam traction, many enthusiasts traveled the length and breadth of the country recording the diminishing numbers of steam locomotives which were still at work. A number of photographers and other enthusiasts got involved in cleaning the locomotives involved in these workings to ensure that they were in as presentable a ... more »condition as possible. One of these photographers was David Williams. During the decade leading up to the demise of steam in August 1968, he took thousands of photographs covering steam on the main line.From this collection of photographs, the bulk of which are previously unpublished, Ian Allan Publishing is producing a new series of pictorial books featuring each of the BR regions. This first title features steam workings on the London Midland Region. Drawing mainly upon his own collection, supplemented with the work of others, the author has selected some 200 images to provide a record of the final years of LMR steam.« less