British Railways in Transition (ePub)
The Corporate Blue and Grey Period 1964–1997
Imprint: Pen & Sword Transport
File Size: 29.4 MB (.epub)
Pages: 155
Illustrations: 250
ISBN: 9781526703187
Published: 22nd October 2018
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This is a book about the years following the transition from steam to diesel and electric traction on British Railways, covering a period from 1964-1997. The author Jim Blake, took a huge number of pictures during these years, covering many aspects of British railway and bus operation, both in the London area, where he lives, and also around the country. This book looks at the railway scene in decline, trying to come to terms with the post Beeching, post steam era, before a change of political will, that has seen much rail investment in recent times. The volume not only looks at locomotives and trains, but also the overall railway scene of these years of great change since the 1960s.
As featured by Diesel & Electric Modellers United
Kelly Harding, June 2019
Each entry has a detailed commentary explaining what is going on and just by looking at the photographs you will be taken back to a time when things were a little more simple and the railways were perhaps more interesting than they are today.
Branch Line Britain
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A very interesting image file.
Miniaturas JM
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A must-have book, not only for English railway fans, but for all railroad fans for their high-quality photographs.
Unes Cuantos Trenes Blog, Jorge del Valle
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Evergreen, October 2018 (Autumn)
About Jim Blake
JIM BLAKE was born in December 1947 and brought up in Islington, North London. As did most young lads then, he soon developed an interest in railways, but also London's trams, trolleybuses and buses since North London's last two tram routes ran near his home, at the heart of London Transport's trolleybus system. His interest developed into transport photography in 1961 and he took over 100,000 photos before retiring his cameras in 2015. He still lives in North London today.
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