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EDITOR’S CHOICE

Recalling the atmosphere that made the GWR great

The Atmospheric Western (Transport Treasury Publishing, hardback, 160pp, £27.50, ISBN 978 1 913251 06 2), and Western Region Non-Passenger Trains (Transport Treasury Publishing, softback, 112pp, £14.50, ISBN 978 1 913251 08 6).

ONE OF the usual requirements for a journalist penning a book review (or in this case, two), writes Geoff Courtney, is objectivity.

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