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BRITISH RAILWAYS STEAM KING'S CROSS TO ABERDEEN From the Bill Reed Collection
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BRITISH RAILWAYS STEAM KING'S CROSS TO ABERDEEN: From the Bill Reed Collection ISBN: 9781781550533
by Peter Tuffrey
Nottingham based Bill Reed, now 78, was a fireman on steam locomotives in the early part of his working life, eventually graduating to being a driver on diesel electrics. Much of his spare time has been taken up with photographing in black and white and using colour slides many aspects of railways throughout Great Britain, Europe including the former Iron Curtain countries and in the USA. In this selection he has used convenient vantage points on and off the East Coast main line to capture the Indian summer of steam. Many of the familiar classes of locomotives A1s, A2s, A3s, A4s and their variants are featured with pin point sharpness by Bill. But a few early diesels are featured too like the prototype Deltic. Familiar customs once associated with steam traction are brought to mind again in a collection of over 220 black and white images. An example is seen at Muskham Troughs where Gresley's thirsty engines picked up water in a seemingly primitive but effective way in the middle of the track to help speed them on to their respective destinations. This book is part of one man's life work of photographing the railways and his enthusiasm is evident in every picture.
Dimensions: 24.6 x 16.8 x 0.8 cm
Paperback:
128 pages
Publisher: Fonthill Media
by Peter Tuffrey
Nottingham based Bill Reed, now 78, was a fireman on steam locomotives in the early part of his working life, eventually graduating to being a driver on diesel electrics. Much of his spare time has been taken up with photographing in black and white and using colour slides many aspects of railways throughout Great Britain, Europe including the former Iron Curtain countries and in the USA. In this selection he has used convenient vantage points on and off the East Coast main line to capture the Indian summer of steam. Many of the familiar classes of locomotives A1s, A2s, A3s, A4s and their variants are featured with pin point sharpness by Bill. But a few early diesels are featured too like the prototype Deltic. Familiar customs once associated with steam traction are brought to mind again in a collection of over 220 black and white images. An example is seen at Muskham Troughs where Gresley's thirsty engines picked up water in a seemingly primitive but effective way in the middle of the track to help speed them on to their respective destinations. This book is part of one man's life work of photographing the railways and his enthusiasm is evident in every picture.
Dimensions: 24.6 x 16.8 x 0.8 cm
Paperback:
128 pages
Publisher: Fonthill Media
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