Black Country Steam- Western Region Operations 1948-1967

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The railway lines of the heavily industrialised Black Country were of considerable commercial importance to the fortunes of the Great Western Railway and its successor, the Western Region of British Railways. Nevertheless, they received little attention from both photographers of the railway scene and contemporary railway publishers alike. Perhaps understandably, photographers, particularly in the post-war austerity years, chose to eschew the grimy industrial landscape of North West Worcestershire and South East Staffordshire and save their expensive film stock for more idyllic scenery elsewhere. Throughout the period from nationalisation to the ultimate demise of steam it follows the respective former GW routes through the region in a logical manner, depicting the wide variety of the locomotive power employed to haul the diverse traffic generated by the local industry, and the sidings and yards that served it. Coverage is also given to local locomotive running sheds and maintenance facilities.

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Stock Code P9032.0
Author Dorney P
ISBN13 9781399090322
Format Hardback
Height(mm) 297
Width(mm) 210
Page Count 144
Pictures 200
Publication Date 31 May 2022
Publication Status Available
Publisher PEN & SWORD
Record last updated 04/05/2023
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