Taken by Trains, Paperback by Robinson, Kate; Forsythe, Rob, Brand New

William Nash acquired his first camera at the age of 13. He was besotted by trains from his earliest years and they formed his favourite subjects. These factors came together in remarkable photographs taken by a teenager in the 1920s. In turn there followed a successful career with the London, Midland & Scottish Railway before William lost his life in the Harrow Railway Disaster on 8th October 1952. William\u2019s pictures record the inter-war British railway scene, whilst his correspondence conducted in Esperanto with railwaymen across the world creates a poignant portrait of the gathering storm in the 1930s in which he took great interest.\nBetween 1926 and 1952 he worked on the railway starting out in a signal box at the time of the General Strike. His talents were recognised with promotion. In the Second World War he was assistant district controller at Rugby and around 1950 he was working in the London, Midland Region headquarters planning Royal Train journeys. All this was 2