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Steam in Scotland
A Portrait of the 1950s and 1960s
Kevin McCormack's Transport Books
Kevin McCormack has written a large number of transport books mainly using previously unpublished material, much of it sourced from the Online Transport Archive.
Latest Colour Album
This, his latest colour album, covers the railways of Scotland in steam days and concentrates as much as possible on depicting older types of locomotives.
Content and Images
Consequently, this volume contains a large amount of rare 1950s colour images, often depicting areas of the Scottish railway system that were later closed or cut back during the Beeching era.
The pictures in this book were taken by enthusiasts who had the good fortune to be able to afford colour film, at a time when such luxuries were very expensive to the average enthusiast.
Photographers and Timing
All the photographers concerned traveled far and wide in Scotland with their cameras, at a time just before most of the lines closed, between 1953–1967.
Result and Significance
The result of all this effort is a fine collection of very rare images, depicting a lost period of railway operation, in a beautiful and picturesque part of Britain.
