End of an Era in Transportation History

A treasury of photos capturing the end of an era in transportation history—the final decade of steam locomotives in Britain.

About the Author

Malcolm Clegg has been taking railway pictures since the early 1960s, and also enjoys access to collections taken by friends who were recording the steam railway scene during this period.

Contents of the Book

In this book, he covers a wide variety of classes of locomotives that were withdrawn during the last decade of steam traction, examples of some of which are now preserved.

Purpose of the Book

This book is a record of his and other peoples’ journeys during the last decade of steam in the 1960s, with photographs and informative captions looking at steam traction in a wide variety of geographical locations around the British Railways network.