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Southern Steam: The Railway Photographs of R.J. (Ron) Buckley
Brian J. Dickson
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Description for Southern Steam: The Railway Photographs of R.J. (Ron) Buckley
Paperback. Num Pages: 96 pages, 170 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKES; WGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 247 x 9. Weight in Grams: 430.
Ron Buckley's evocative photographs reveal the changing scene of the Southern Railway, illustrating from the 1930s onwards those pre-grouping classes that were still working. These included the work of such well-known designers as Dugald Drummond and Robert Urie of the London & South Western Railway, the Billintons and Earle Marsh of the London, Brighton & South Coast Railway, and Harry Wainwright and Richard Maunsell of the South Eastern & Chatham Railway. Ron's later photographs, from 1946 onwards, continue to show remaining working pre-grouping locomotives and also portray the newer Oliver Bulleid-designed Pacifics introduced in 1941. Visits to ... Read more
Ron Buckley's evocative photographs reveal the changing scene of the Southern Railway, illustrating from the 1930s onwards those pre-grouping classes that were still working. These included the work of such well-known designers as Dugald Drummond and Robert Urie of the London & South Western Railway, the Billintons and Earle Marsh of the London, Brighton & South Coast Railway, and Harry Wainwright and Richard Maunsell of the South Eastern & Chatham Railway. Ron's later photographs, from 1946 onwards, continue to show remaining working pre-grouping locomotives and also portray the newer Oliver Bulleid-designed Pacifics introduced in 1941. Visits to ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
The History Press Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
Number of Pages
96
Place of Publication
Stroud, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780750966139
SKU
V9780750966139
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 7 to 11 working days
Ref
99-27
About Brian J. Dickson
Ron Buckley has been photographing railways all of his life. He joined the LM&SR as a wages clerk in 1934 and retired in 1977 after over 42 years' service with the railways. Brian Dickson worked in publishing for over 35 years. Now a volunteer locomotive fireman and driver at a heritage railway, he has previously written Diesel Power in the ... Read more
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