Alan Maund lived in Worcestershire all his life and had an enthusiasm
for steam. He traveled extensively in Britain and built up a large
railway photographic archive from the late 1950s onwards. This book is
made up entirely of Alan's collection of photographs from across the
Midlands. It will appeal to railway enthusiasts, modelers, and those
with an interest in local history. Alan started using color film in 1959
and color slides make up the majority of the photographs. Many
enthusiasts in this era had a policy of filming steam only and ignoring
the new diesel interlopers, but not Alan; they do make appearances, even
including some early electric classes. A particular passion of Alan's
was small industrial steam locomotives, and he restored a Kerr Stuart
'Wren' class 0-4-0 to working order between 1959 and 1961. So in
addition to larger British Railways locomotives, their smaller relations
are also seen across the Midlands. Alan passed on in 1982 and his widow,
Wendy, gave Alan's collection of railway photographs to filmmaker and
author Michael Clemens, whose late father was a friend of Alan's. Alan's
collection lives on today at film shows around the country and now in
this book.
