NOTE: Reviewed alongside Rails Across Australia

These two beautiful photo albums will delight everyone interested in modern and vintage rail transport...

... Closer to home we find a comprehensive coverage of Northern and Western Europe trains, all in superb colour.

This England, Winter 2016

Rails Across Europe: Eastern And Southern Europe
Rails Across Europe: Northern And Western Europe

Although these are separate titles, the author notes that they are in fact ‘sister’ volumes; it is on that basis that this reviewer has chosen to deal with them as a single entity.

These works are hard-covered examples of the ‘Enthusiasts’ picture books’ genre and contain colour images of locomotives (both with and without attached trains), in a wide variety of locations across the European continent. The author very-evidently loves both his subject and photography, and has travelled widely in pursuit of his subject material. |It should be noted however that although the majority of the images are his own, contributions from other photographers also appear, a fact acknowledged by the author. The quality of the images is such, that if a reader is seeking a pair of books showing only contemporary ‘European’ trains, there would be few to rival what these works contain. It should however be noted that the section on the United Kingdom is not large, the author stating that this railway system will be the subject of a separate volume in its own right.

In precis, the images within this work are beautiful, the photography superb, and if that is what the purchaser is seeking, they will be well-satisfied.

I would give the photographs an 8/10

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