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The Voyager Family

By Fred Kerr

Produced by Pen & Sword www.pen-and-sword.co.uk120 pages, colour, 222x283mm, hardback. £25.00

FOLLOWING on from the author’s book about ‘Pacers’, he has chosen another ‘love them or hate them’ type to focus on – the Alstom-built Classes 220, 221 and 222.

The book is essentially a pictorial tribute to the diesel units from their introduction to current operations. They have only ever been used by four operators – but have been one of the most widely travelled

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