Scottish Steam Album
Scottish Steam Album by Brian Morrison, published by Amberley Publishing on April 15, 2022, is a detailed visual record of steam locomotives in Scotland during the 1950s. This edition, comprising 128 pages, captures the essence of an era when steam was prevalent across the country, documenting various locomotive classes that primarily remained within Scotland. The book chronicles Morrison’s journey from 1952 to 1958, culminating in the identification of a unique locomotive class at Glasgow St Enoch station.
Readers will find a richly illustrated collection that showcases at least one example of every steam locomotive type present in Scotland during this period, with the exception of a few that were retired early in the decade. The narrative takes the reader on a journey through significant locations, including Edinburgh, Inverness, and Glasgow, highlighting the historical context of transportation and railroads in Scotland. This album serves as both a visual delight and a historical reference for enthusiasts of rail history and steam locomotives.
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In the 1950s there were still train services to most parts of the country, and steam was everywhere. Many of the locomotive types used in Scotland never ventured south of the border. So from 1952 Brian Morrison set out to record every locomotive class that existed there. This was eventually completed in 1958 when one of the post-Grouping developments of the Caledonian Railway’s 439 class 0-4-4Ts was identified in Glasgow St Enoch station. This highly illustrated album therefore includes at least one example of every type of steam locomotive to be seen in Scotland during the 1950s, except for a couple that were cut very early in the decade. The reader is taken from Edinburgh up the East Coast via Dunfermline and Thornton Junction, then across to Inverness and Kyle of Lochalsh and back through Aviemore, Perth, Stirling and Glasgow to Kilmarnock and Dumfies, with many stops in between.
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