Southern By-Ways: Branch Lines of BR's Southern Region in the 1960s

A survey in superb photographs of the branch lines and by-ways across the Southern Region in the 1960s. ''The pictures, mostly around postcard size, are well reproduced and Laurie''s choice of film always seems to produce a softer, lighter green tone than we are accustomed to seeing with Kodachrome originals. Most of the locations are places that I never got to visit, so this is one album that I shall be very happy to add to my overloaded bookshelves.'' BR’s Southern Region witnessed huge changes in the 1960s. At the beginning of the decade steam operation could be seen on many branch lines and byways but by the end steam had disappeared and many of the lines which served quiet or rural locations were destined to close through the Beeching axe. With an array of superb colour photographs ranging across the counties of southern England from Dorset and Hampshire to Sussex and Kent, in this book railway photographer Laurie Golden presents a fascinating portrait of the last years of steam on the branch lines and by-ways of the Southern Region in the 1960s.

• | Author: Laurie Golden
• | Publisher: Amberley Publishing
• | Publication Date: Jun 15, 2024
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• | Binding: Paperback / softback
• | ISBN-13: 9781398112575
• | ISBN-10: 1398112577