{"product_id":"a-railway-journey-around-south-west-england-9781068388323","title":"A Railway Journey around South West England During the Late 1950s and 1960s","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(255, 42, 0);\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNow in Stock\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA Railway Journey Around South-West England in the late 1950s \u0026amp; 1960s has been created from photographs taken by the author, his father, plus friends Alan Maund, John Dagley-Morris, and Ellis James-Robertson. Also, through contacts made via B \u0026amp; R Video Productions the author has been able to use images taken by Barry Eagles and Jim Oatway (the latter via his son, Nigel Oatway OBE). Virtually all of the photographs, a mixture of colour and black \u0026amp; white, have never previously been published. Steam is the predominant motive power but modern traction does appear including: gas turbine 18000 in colour, a ‘Hymek’ in ‘just delivered’ condition, ‘Warships’ and a ‘Western’. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHighlights are the 1961-closed Midland \u0026amp; South Western line between Cheltenham and Ludgershall, the Somerset \u0026amp; Dorset north of Templecombe (including the Highbridge branch and Mangotsfield), plus the Eclipse peat works narrow gauge system on the Somerset Levels. Other locations include: Swindon works, Malmesbury, the Calne branch, Thingley Junction, Holt Junction, Castle Cary, Taunton, Hemyock, Sidmouth Junction, Exmouth Junction shed, Crediton, Barnstaple, the North Devon \u0026amp; Cornwall line, Bude, Meldon (quarry, viaduct and halt), Defiance platform, the Liskeard to Looe branch, Bodmin North, Gwinear Road, and concluding with nine colour slides at Wadebridge.  The contents include a fully illustrated GWR route map from Worcester depot as well as the many high resolution images made on the journey and explained in the text.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHardback, 128 pages, black \u0026amp; white and colour photographs\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"RCTS","offers":[{"title":"New","offer_id":57470063051135,"sku":"9781068388323","price":25.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1910\/7111\/files\/SWEnglandcovercopy.jpg?v=1778019460","url":"https:\/\/rail-books.co.uk\/products\/a-railway-journey-around-south-west-england-9781068388323","provider":"Rail Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}