ROAMING THE WEST COAST RAILS, EUSTON TO CARLISLE

Derek Cross, PRC n/d.

The route from Euston to Carlisle has always been the ‘Premier Line’ and in Roaming the West Coast Rails Derek Cross has captured its atmosphere and beauty during the transition from steam to the diesel and electric era.

Dealing briefly with the construction of the lines, the reader gains an insight in to the work of the engineers who built them – Joseph Locke who followed the natural contours of the countryside in long, sweeping curves and the Stephensons who cut straight through them, straighter than Roman roads.

An expert photographer can capture the beauty of both landscape and locomotives – the late Derek Cross was one of these, and the 200 photographs contained in this book will bring back to life the memories of a ‘Duchess’ storming Shap summit, and show the younger enthusiast what working steam was really like.

Apart from a tiny crease and 1mm split at the top of the dust jacket the book is in excellent condition