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In 1907 a patent application by Mr .H. W. Garratt led to the building of the first articulated steam locomotive. Supplied to Tasmanian Railways in 1909, now 100 years later K1 is back and at work in the UK.

A total of 1,636 Beyer – Garratt locos ran on 86 railways in 48 countries. ‘Garratt 100’ pays tribute to the articulated locomotives of Beyer Peacock & Company Ltd.
The discontinued use of steam locomotives by British Railways was finalised in the summer of 1968, but by 1971 the practice of running steam special trains, had began. First limited to only a handful of selected routes, but in 1994 railway ‘open access’ changed all that. The ‘steam special years’ are celebrated. Opened May 1898, closed September 1935! Just over 19 miles of narrow gauge railway running through glorious Devon, the Lynton & Barnstaple Railway remembered!

This edition also chronicles the work of a modern railway artist, takes a look at industrial steam, highlights LMS streamliners, and looks back to Oxford in 1961. Plus ‘New build’ another GWR loco in prospect! Compiled and edited by Keith Langston.

While compiling this publication preference has been given to the visual aspect and in order to include as many pictures as possible the accompanying text has been kept to a minimum. As those with a discerning eye will appreciate each of these wonderful pictures tells its own railway story. Collectively the two volumes of Memories in Colour are a tribute to the varying styles of the many photographers whose work is depicted, and also by way of a big thank you to RonWhite for having had the foresight to protect and catalogue so many historically important railway images.

This volume contains over 190 colour images from the five regions of British Railways (post 1948) depicting steam locomotives at work in all parts of the British Isles.

Format: Glossy A4 perfect bound Bookazine
Pages: 132
Colour: Full Colour images

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Don't forget..
• British Steam 1: 1948 - 1968
• British Steam 2: Preserved
• British Steam 3: Past & Present
• British Steam 4: Power & Glory
• British Steam 5: Memories in Colour 1
• British Steam 6: Memories in Colour 2
• British Steam 7: North of the Border
• British Steam 8: Castles & Kings

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Introduction

IntroductionThis is a special edition of British Steam which celebrates the majesty of steam locomotives at work within the former British Railways regions between 1948 and 1968, using exclusively colour images selected by Ron White, the former proprietor of Colour-Rail. In late 2009 RonWhite decided to retire and accordingly the fantastic collection he diligently assembled has now passed into other hands, but it will very certainly be business as usual for Colour-Rail and the company's new details can be found on page 131 of this publication.The code numbers at the end of each caption are the catalogue numbers in the 2009 Colour-Rail listings.

Over the past 30-plus years RonWhite worked tirelessly to bring together and preserve in safe keeping, and thus make available to all, over 240,000 thousand colour images which now form what must surely be the most comprehensive colour photographic record of Britain’s railways.The Colour-Rail collection contains not only steam but also diesel, electric, narrow gauge, exported Britishbuilt locomotives, Irish railways, trams and trolley buses.The exceptional collection contains a great many images from the early days when colour film first became generally available, c1934. RonWhite is on record for amusingly describing the speed of that early ASA2 film as being ‘only slightly faster than painting with oils!'

RonWhite’s obvious and lasting love affair with all things ‘railway’ was the driving force which created the phenomenon which became Colour-Rail, railway enthusiasts and industrial historians have a great deal to thank him for. In those of ‘an age’ the collection helps to refresh wonderful railway memories and in those who are younger it hopefully further encourages a love of railways in general and preserved railways in particular. Each image is effectively a frozen moment in time and as such they represent perfect intersections of time and place.

Ron White, November 2009.

Contents

British Railways –Western Region 4
British Railways – London Midland Region 32
British Railways – Southern Region 62
British Railways – Eastern/North Eastern Region 86
British Railways – Scottish Region 108

Images

British Steam 5: Memories in Colour - Volume 1
Collett 6400 Class 0-6-0PT No 6412 at snowy Ross-on-Wye on the lovely but sad final day, January 1959. BRW1446

British Steam 5: Memories in Colour - Volume 1
Collett 1366 Class 0-6-0PT No 1368, bunker first waddling down the quayside at Weymouth with the 8.20am from Paddington, note the period cars and vans alongside, July 1959. BRW1543

British Steam 5: Memories in Colour - Volume 1
Collett 5700 Class 0-6-0PT No 4662 has stopped on the Penygraig branch to pin down brakes, you can see why! July 1960. BRW2230

British Steam 5: Memories in Colour - Volume 1
Collett 5700 Class 0-6-0PT No 4662 has stopped on the Penygraig branch to pin down brakes, you can see why! July 1960. BRW2230

British Steam 5: Memories in Colour - Volume 1
BR Standard 2MT 2-6-0 No 78049 and BR Standard 4MT 2-6-4T No 80113 at Waverley having come in off the Waverley Route and hit deep snow at Falahill in the process, February 1963. SC1040

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• Don't forget the second book in the series: Memories in Colour - Volume 2
 
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