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This volume covers the final decade of British steam, looking at steam traction in a wide variety of geographical locations around the British Railways network.

The book investigates the vast number of locomotives that came to the London Midland Region in 1948 at Nationalisation. This is a class by class survey with ove

The disappearance of the steam locomotive in the land of its birth touched the hearts of millions, but when the government announced the Modernisation Plan for

L M S & L N E R Steam Locomotives, is the result of over two decades of photographing steam locomotives in action in many parts of Britain covered by the former

A guide through the many publications on 20th-century British history, this reference contains over 27,000 entries arranged by theme, with introductions to each

In Great Britain there existed a practice of naming steam railway locomotives. The names chosen covered many and varied subjects, however a large number of thos

The first steam locomotives used on any British railway, worked in industry. The use of new and second hand former main line locomotives, was once a widespread

In Great Britain there existed a practice of naming steam locomotives. The names chosen covered many and varied subjects, however a large number of those repres

The disappearance of the steam locomotive in the land of its birth touched the hearts of millions, but when the government announced the Modernisation Plan for