Brian Reading, Ian Reading

Southern and Isle of Wight Railways

The Late 1940s to Late 1960s

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Stunning previously unpublished images documenting the end of steam in London, the South and South West.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Amberley Publishing
• Seitenzahl: 96
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. März 2023
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 232mm x 166mm x 8mm
• Gewicht: 312g
• ISBN-13: 9781398100084
• ISBN-10: 1398100080
• Artikelnr.: 63819985

Autorenporträt

As the curtain closed for mainline steam traction, Brian captured with film and vivid memories, the sights, sounds and smells; the last acts of great mechanical and human railway personalities. Close friends with railway workers, Brian was a member of Alan Peglar's original Flying Scotsman support team, helped restore Bressingham's Thundersley, and ran with the A4 Sir Nigel Gresley.Brought-up with lathes, mills, the smell of cutting oil and steam, Ian developed a passion for science and engineering. Designing an LNER B17 steam replica as a teenager, he pursued a career as a professional engineer. Ian retains an admiration for the generations of engineers whose imagination gave birth to modern industry and transportation.