{"product_id":"london-midland-and-scottish-way-lms-steam-in-the-sixties","title":"London Midland and Scottish Way - LMS Steam in the Sixties","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eby Terence Dorrity \u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHardback , 128 pages\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA personal colour odyssey by an author captivated by steam, like most of us, at an early, highly impressionable age and in his case the introduction was grander than most – the Royal Train passing through Henley-in-Arden in April 1950 headed, memorably by two Castles.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003e‘I lived in Stratford-upon-Avon at the time the photographs in this book were taken and there were\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"actsearchhighlightcolor\"\u003eLondon\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"actsearchhighlightcolor\"\u003e Midland\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e Region main line strongholds within very easy reach. My father worked in Birmingham and I would sometimes spend a day at New Street station which was still divided by Queen’s Drive between the ex-LNWR and\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"actsearchhighlightcolor\"\u003e Midland\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e Railway platforms before it was ‘modernised’. I was particularly fascinated by the Harborne Branch which was worked at the time by Johnson\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"actsearchhighlightcolor\"\u003e Midland\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e Railway 2F 0-6-0s from Monument Lane shed. There were also visits to local\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"actsearchhighlightcolor\"\u003e Midland\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e Region sheds, Saltley, Aston, Monument Lane, Bescot and Bushbury, as well as, in retrospect, logistically quite complicated trips. I recently found details of one of them, on Sunday 14 June 1959, when I visited Nuneaton, Stafford, Stoke, Alsager, Uttoxeter and Burton. Phew!’ \u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003eThird in a series; previous volumes are:\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWay Down South \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWestern Way\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Hunt's Bookshop","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42513424220400,"sku":"","price":26.95,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0514\/8635\/9739\/products\/Screenshot2022-03-08at10.37.18.png?v=1646736003","url":"https:\/\/huntsbookshop.pro\/products\/london-midland-and-scottish-way-lms-steam-in-the-sixties","provider":"Hunt's Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}