Covering most of the most of the railways of Shropshire and following
the River Severn down to the Bewdley area, this evocative book largely
uses the photographs taken by the author and his father on their travels
from the late 50s until the end of Steam in the late 1960s. These
photographs have largely never been seen before, and are supplemented by
others provided by friends of his father. The book includes: Oswestry,
Ellesmere, Ifton Colliery, Granville Colliery, Welshpool, Llanfyllin,
Whitchurch, Nantmawr Quarry, Market Drayton, Clee Hill Quarry Incline,
Shrewsbury, The Shropshire & Montgomeryshire Railway, Minsterley, The
Snailbeach District Railways, Wellington, Longville, Much Wenlock,
Coalport, Bridgnorth, Bewdley, Kidderminster, Tenbury Wells branch, The
Cleobury Mortimer & Ditton Priors Railway. Most Importantly, it covers
the Severn Valley Railway in its pre-preservation days, making this book
unique.