Covering industrial steam throughout the British Isles over several
decades, the terrific photographs featured here, captured by David
Letcher, document a period of our industrial development that is now
long gone. Steam-powered workhorses helped turn Britain into an
industrial powerhouse, and these wonderful photographs show these
locomotives in a variety of settings - a long way from the steam
heritage railways of today. Published for the first time here in a
selection curated by transport author Stephen Heginbotham, the
photographs offer a richly rewarding and nostalgic tribute to the final
years of steam on our industrial railways.