Sadly railway enthusiast and photographer Gerald Adams died
recently, but fortunately for lovers of top-quality steam railway
images he had earlier planned a book to showcase the best of this
work. As a tribute to his memory, and to the memory of the steam
age, this book contains more than 300 photographs, fully captioned
by Gerald. The pictures span the years 1955 (when he got his own
first camera, having previously used his father's) to 1966, that
momentous final decade when steam was disappearing almost faster
than it could be recorded. The area covered by the photographs
reflects where Gerald lived during that period, first Birmingham,
then Gloucester. As a result, he planned the book to include
principally the 'cathedral counties' of Gloucestershire,
Herefordshire and Worcestershire, with slight excursions across the
county boundaries. Some pictures were taken on journeys by service
trains to mark line closures, some were railtours, and some were
just platform-end sojourns, recording the passing scene. The
pictures are arranged chronologically, from Kings Norton in March
1955 to a Stephenson Locomotive Society 'Farewell to Pannier Tanks'
railtour in September 1966. Timetables of twenty of the journeys
and specials are also included. From Craven Arms and Birmingham,
Hereford and Honeybourne, Bristol and Swindon, here is a feast of
Western and London Midland Region steam at work in three of
England's most picturesque counties.
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