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 Model Railway Detailing Manual: The Steam Age by Postlethwaite, Alan |
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Brief Description Railway modellers constantly refer to photographs for details of real scenes. Here, a whole library of useful illustrations is brought together to give a single reference source, arranged in over 70 themed mini chapters. |
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Author Information Alan Postlethwaite is a Chartered Engineer who took early retirement to become a railway author, and is a lifelong lover of railways. He was a prolific photographer during the last days of steam and has had a number of pictorial titles published by Sutton as well as Adventurous Model Railway Plans by Haynes/PSL. He lives at Stroud, Gloucestershire. |
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Author Profile Alan Postlethwaite is a chartered engineer who took early retirement from the electricity industry to become a railway author. A lifelong lover of railways and model railways, he has designed layout plans for homes, clubrooms and gardens and has also had seven books on railways published. He lives in Stroud, Gloucestershire. |
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Synopsis Railway modellers constantly refer to photographs for details of real scenes. Here, a whole library of useful illustrations is brought together to give a single reference source, arranged in over 70 themed mini chapters. The most popular period for modellers are the last days of steam on British Railways, 1958 to 1967, and the 300 previusly unpublished photographs were taken during those years. As well as providing an inspiration for modellers, the book will appeal to preservationists, historians and railway enthusiasts as it portrays this fascinating period of railway history. |
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Table of Contents Comprehensive coverage of railway infrastructure during the last days of steam, with all photographs fully captioned. Stations and platform furniture. Parcels and freight traffic. Lineside industries, bridges, tunnels and cuttings. Signals, signal boxes and level crossings. Rolling stock, loco sheds and loco crew. Glossary of abbreviations. |
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