Stations and Lineside Views in and Around London

Stations and Lineside Views in and Around London

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Stations and Lineside Views in and Around London




Author:Peter Tuffrey
Language:English
Format:Softcover
Dimensions:6.75" x 9.75"
Pages:144
Photos:black and white photographs
Publisher:Fonthill Media
ISBN:9781781555521
Item No. 9781781555521



‘Stations and Lineside Views in and Around London’ features photographs taken by retired British Medical Council researcher/author Dr B. W. L. Brooksbank and captions by railway author Peter Tuffrey. The photographs span the last years of steam traction c. 1946 to c.1962 and the book uses the M25 motorway as a perimeter to define the London area. All the capital's main line railway stations belonging to the four former constituent railway companies are featured. Over 3,000 negatives were scanned while only approximately 250 photographs have been selected for inclusion to maintain a very high standard and give a real indication of this last gasp of steam. It is remarkable that when good photographic materials were painfully scarce after the Second World Wat that Ben Brooksbank was able to achieve some exceptional results from limited resources. Some of his images from the late 1940s are not only pin sharp but exude an almost palpable atmosphere of Britain's run-down postwar railways. He has captured freight trains, expresses and local trains along with staff carrying out their mundane duties or blatantly hanging off a locomotive cab eager to be caught on camera forever. Ben has photographed many of the railway stations in a dilapidated condition before massive renovation work.