For a book that is supposed to be about pictures of the past and present the actual photos are in a word disappointing. The reproduction quality is poor with most photos being low resolution versions of the originals. An that in itself is a problem as a good few of the photos have appeared before in other publications. There's too many photos of diesels in a post Beeching devastated landscape without any matching early period photos of how the scene was in the past. And with some of the photos the reproduction quality is so poor they could be anywhere. In my view there are much better books out there on the railways in Somerset and it's just unfortunate that I purchased this one without first checking that it was worth the money.
