Overall the book is well put together, with good quality photos as I’ve come to expect from Pen & Sword and informative captions. DEMU members might only find it of use however if they model the mid-1960s.

Kelly Harding, Diesel & Electric Modellers United, June 2019

This makes for a great, non-technical read amply illustrated.

Best of British, March 2018 - reviewed by David Brown

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Evergreen, Summer 2017

A work of luxury that can not miss in the library of any lover of the railroads and a priceless documentation that recreates an era in all its splendour.

Read the complete Spanish review here.

José Manuél Rico Cortés (Mister JM) - Miniaturas JM

Books of railway photographs are many, this is better than most.
Very good as a nostalgia inducing record.

Welsh Railways Research Circle No. 150

This is a stunning and atmospheric book. It captures perfectly the pathos of the dying days of the Victorian railway in Britain.

An absolute must for the enthusiast and modeller of railways.

Amazon Reviewer

Only rarely does a book come out with vintage transport photographs in colour and we should be pleased that during the Sixties, Blake Paterson toured the whole of the UK snapping soon to be forgotten social history. The magnificent result is this book.

Evergreen, Spring 2017

This work is likely to appeal to a variety of readers. These could include railway enthusiasts, especially those with a specific interest in Branch Railways within the British Isles. Railway modellers with an interest in transition–era railways of the British Isles are also likely to find this volume of interest, while transport, social and political historians could find the images (especially what appears in the backgrounds) useful in their researching.

NZ Crown Mines