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LMS Steam at Euston & Camden

Loco-Spotting in the 1950s & 1960s
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"Good coverage of Euston and surrounds"
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The focus of this book is somewhat narrow. It's a pity the author didn't expand his survey a little further out of London to include Willesden and Watford sheds. However there is no shortage of photos despite a bit of repetition i.e. photos from the same position.

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LMS Steam is an unashamed and evocative celebration of the golden age of loco-spotting. The 1950s and 1960s were the final decades for British steam locomotives and for the price of a platform ticket a generation of youngsters gathered on railway stations to record their passing. Each and every sighting was carefully logged in a notebook, or underlined in one of the must-have ABC Locospotter books with over a million being sold every year. Euston station and Camden Shed offered especially rich pickings with classic locomotives of the LMS era - the majestic Duchesses, the powerful Royal Scots and the numerous Jubilees. This evocative account is illustrated with over 200 superb photographs. 'Lone gone days are recaptured. A golden time when spotters chased up and down the platforms at Euston to record the arrivals and departures of steam-hauled express trains of the former London Midland & Scottish Railway, then tried to access Camden Shed to observe engine movements on shed.'

Author Biography:

This is the third book by railway enthusiast Rod Steele. Smitten by the loco-spotting bug as a youngster growing up in London, he now lives in the Manchester area.
Release date Australia
November 15th, 2013
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  • General (US: Trade)
Illustrations
246 Illustrations, unspecified
Pages
160
Dimensions
165x235x13
ISBN-13
9781445632681
Product ID
21712862

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