Description
| Product ID: | 9780750996563 |
| Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
| Country of Manufacture: | TR |
| Title: | Remembering Steam |
| Subtitle: | The End of British Rail Steam in Photographs |
| Authors: | Author: Paul Hurley, Phil Braithwaite |
| Subjects: | Trains and railways: general interest, Trains & railways: general interest, United Kingdom, Great Britain, c 1960 to c 1970 |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating Commemorating the anniversary of the end of steam railway traction in Britain 50 years ago Fifty years ago, main line steam in Britain ceased to exist, the last official date being 11 August 1968. At the time, British Railways’ plan was that after this there would be no more steam traction – although a special dispensation was given for Britannia Class 4-6-2 No. 70013 Oliver Cromwell to travel under its own steam into preservation on the 12th and 13th of that month. We now know that this was not quite the case, and that steam locomotives would eventually return to the main lines on highly popular ‘specials’. With over 200 never-before-seen photographs, paired with fond and often amusing captions, this evocative book takes a look back at those days and years that led up to the end of steam on Britain’s railways. |
| Imprint Name: | The History Press Ltd |
| Publisher Name: | The History Press Ltd |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2021-06-03 |
