On Tour For Steam

A Pictorial Railway Journey Across Britain in the 1960s

Howard Routledge

• Publisher: Pen and Sword Transport
• Year: 2023
• eBook ISBN:
  9781399083959
• Subtopic: Modern British History

A photographic record of the dying days of the steam locomotives that served Britain's railways—from Aberdeen to Weymouth.
By the turn of the 1960s, steam traction on Britain's railways was within its last decade and for a group of young enthusiasts living in Carlisle, there was always the urge to travel to other parts of the country to photograph steam locomotives, which in most cases would never have appeared in their own locality.
Visits to certain parts of Scotland, the northeast of England and parts of Lancashire, could be achieved in a day, using a day return ticket.
More distant parts of Britain would require more planning, usually using an all-line rail rover ticket. These visits and trips could be done on an individual basis or with a group of likeminded friends, or even with a railway club or society.
The benefits of visits with railway societies or clubs were that such organizations could arrange group shed permits, where as individuals had to arrange such things by themselves.
As the 1960s progressed, time started to run out for the photographer to capture the last embers of steam across the country and things became ever more urgent, with the end in sight.
This book depicts visits to many locations undertaken during this period when time was running out for steam traction.

Table of contents

• COVER
• BOOK TITLE
• COPYRIGHT
• CONTENTS
• INTRODUCTION
• ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
• CHAPTER ONE SCOTTISH REGION
• CHAPTER TWO NORTH EASTERN REGION
• CHAPTER THREE EASTERN REGION
• CHAPTER FOUR THE MIDLANDS
• CHAPTER FIVE WESTERN REGION
• CHAPTER SIX SOUTHERN REGION
• CHAPTER SEVEN LONDON MIDLAND REGION
• BIBLIOGRAPHY
• BACK COVER