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In Search of Steam 1962 - 1968 by Robert Adley Hard Cover reprinted 1981 157 pag
In Search of Steam 1962 - 1968 by Robert Adley
Hard Cover with dust jacket
Copyright 1981
157 pages Indexed
Contents:
Introduction 7
1 End of Steam Around London21
2 Lancashire35
3 Pannier Tanks47
4 Charlies, Crabs and Woolworths55
5 Last Weeks of Steam67
6 Berks & Hants75
7 Specials79
8 Clifton Junction89
9 SECR and the Maunsell Moguls99
10 The Vanished Shed Scene107
11 Bulleid's Last Fling113
12 Foreigners119
13 Birkenhead125
14 'Twixt Highbridge and Bath135
15 Barry148
Abbreviations153
Index155
Why do books have introductions? Is it to enable the author to explain or apologise, or is it for no reason other than tradition ? If explanation be needed, then questions must be asked. Do you have to explain why you bought this book? Does the publisher have to explain why he decided to publish it? Do I have to explain why I wrote it? My explanation is straightforward I love trains and railways. The publisher's explanation is that he hoped you would want to buy it.
I regard the steam engine as the most interesting, attractive and exciting of man's creations. Thus I photographed its declining years in Britain, between 1962--1968, purely for my own pleasure, in order to enjoy my memories once steam had been displaced on British Rail. My photographs determine the scope of this book.
Is that sufficient? Perhaps not. The physical domination of railway over landscape, particularly urban landscape, ensured that it could not be ignored. Much remains to remind us of the impact on our country wrought by the railway engineers, Stockport viaduct, as illustrated, was completed in 1842. Other than the smoke, the scene is not so different today. The men who built and ran the railways dominated the social environment, from engineer to navvy, from financier to signalman. Therefore my reason for writing this book is to combine creative nostalgia with recognition of the social and historic importance of, and interest in, the railway.
Compare the relationship of rail to landscape, with the relationship of road to landscape. If the railway dominated, it was domination without destruction. It attracted the eye rather than repelled it. Trails of steam and smoke in the Lune Gorge were a feature, not an eyesore. Joseph Locke was an engineer; he was an engineering artist, too.
Who built the M6? Who knows? Who cares? Whoever he was he damaged nature's creativity, not enhanced it.
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