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For British Rail steam did not end there: steam cranes were used on the national network for many years afterwards, and British Rail kept one last line in steam until it sold it off in 1986 - the Vale of Rheidol Railway. A chapter also looks at the occasions on which the post-August 1968 steam ban was broken! The publication covers the last steam in British industry too - a sector in which the last steam locomotive retired as recently as 1992, and the story of Britannia Pacific Oliver Cromwell, which returned to the main line 40 years later. The last steam engines built in Britain for ‘real’ as opposed to tourist or enthusiast purposes are detailed, along with the story of how steam returned to the national network in 1971. 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British Steam Power & Glory

Sam Hewitt2020-02-04T10:38:54+00:00Categories: History, Rail, Steam Railway|Tags: Britain's Railways, British Steam, Keith Langston|

Read Now This comprehensive 132 page full colour, perfect bound 'bookazine' is the fourth in the popular British Steam series. It contains the [...]

British Steam: Past & Present

Sam Hewitt2020-01-22T10:28:02+00:00Categories: History, Rail, Steam Railway|Tags: Britain's Railways, Keith Langston|

Read Now The third in the popular British Steam series contains a fascinating mix of modern steam images and unique archive pictures. Three [...]

The End of Steam

Sam Hewitt2019-12-13T11:11:56+00:00Categories: History, Rail, Steam Railway|Tags: Britain's Railways, Robin Jones|

Read Now This special publication not only covers in detail the final few months of British Rail steam on the main line in [...]

A few things you may not know about the London Underground

sbutcher2019-11-15T09:33:52+00:00Categories: Blog|Tags: Britain's Railways, London Underground, Network, Steam|

To coincide with the release of Steam on the Underground on AllMyReads, here are a few nuggets of information about the historic London Underground that you [...]