Steam nostalgia in North-West England /
by Hurley, Paul; Braithwaite, Philip.
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BookPublisher: Stroud : Amberley, 2016Description: 96 pages ; 24 cm.ISBN: 9781445662008 (pbk.) :; 1445662000 (pbk.) :.Classification number: 625.261 HURSubject(s): Steam locomotives -- England, North West -- History -- Pictorial works | Transport | TransportSummary: In the 1950s it was decided to phase out steam on British railways and to modernise the system. At the time train spotting was very popular, mostly among schoolboys, who spent the majority of their free time engrossed in their hobby, bunking into railway sheds and avoiding the shedmaster to gain the excitement of climbing aboard one of these huge locomotives, as they sat cold or simmering in the bleak and dirty engine shed. Featuring 120 previously unpublished photographs taken by Philip Braithwaite, a respected railway photographer with an extensive archive, this book takes the reader on a fondly remembered trip through the north-west railways of the 1950s to the 1970s, taking in the last years of steam.
| Item type | Current library | Collection | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds | |
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| Book - Adult Paperback | Crosby Library | Adult Non-Fiction | 625.261 HUR (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 002938390X |
In the 1950s it was decided to phase out steam on British railways and to modernise the system. At the time train spotting was very popular, mostly among schoolboys, who spent the majority of their free time engrossed in their hobby, bunking into railway sheds and avoiding the shedmaster to gain the excitement of climbing aboard one of these huge locomotives, as they sat cold or simmering in the bleak and dirty engine shed. Featuring 120 previously unpublished photographs taken by Philip Braithwaite, a respected railway photographer with an extensive archive, this book takes the reader on a fondly remembered trip through the north-west railways of the 1950s to the 1970s, taking in the last years of steam.
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