The last great age of steam in Britain is revisited in this new
collection of superb photographs from the extensive archive of the
Railway Magazine. Author Pete Kelly, editor of The Railway Magazine
Guide to Modelling, looks back to a time when streamlined steam express
trains charged headlong through the English countryside every day of the
week. The 1930s would see a host of iconic engines constructed - such as
the legendary LNER A4s, the beautiful LMS Coronation Class locos, the
rare LMS Princess Royal Class and the workhorse LNER Class V2 engines
built in large numbers for mixed traffic. This new volume collects rare
images offering a glimpse of the days when these incredible engines
could be found hard at work all over Britain.