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    Apr 14, 2022 5 minutes

    REVIEW OF THE MONTH

    British Industrial Steam In the 1960s

    Terence Dorrity

    Lightmoor Press, Unit 144B, Lydney Trading Estate, Harbour Road, Lydney, Gloucestershire GL15 4EJ.

    Tel: 01993 773927.

    Web: www.lightmoor.co.uk

    Description: Hardback, 275mm x

    215mm, 224pp

    ISBN: 9781911038948

    Price: £30.00

    Industrial steam now has a significant following, but few cast it a second glance in the 1960s when there was so much happening on the main line.

    Terence Dorrity was an exception, and we are now rewarded with the sight of some of his best colour slides as he racked up the miles in his travels across the whole of the UK. His intimate knowledge of the subject is translated into captions that do so much to bring them alive.

    Although all were once considered completely expendable when they wore out or factories closed, many of the tank engines still exist, albeit prettied up for light use on our preserved

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