The End of Steam on Scotland's Railways

The End of Steam on Scotland's RailwaysBy Colin Alexander\n\n\u00A314.95\n104 pages / 150+ illustrations / paperback cover / ISBN 9781917776370 / 273 x 215 mm dimensions / portrait format\nIn May 1967, just fifteen months before the end of steam on British Railways, the Scottish Region bid farewell to its last steam locomotives. It was one of the last bastions of pre-grouping engines, with some ex-North British Railway veterans soldiering on until the very end. While some of these machines had served their successive owners for more than seven decades, the BR Standard locomotives that were introduced after nationalisation were prematurely withdrawn with many years of useful service left in them. Plugging the age gap between those two generations of locomotives were those of the former LMSR and LNER.\nIn this volume, focusing mostly on Scotland\u2019s central belt and south west, you will see industrial 0-4-0 saddle tanks and streamlined \u2018Pacifics\u2019; ten-coupled freight locom.