LMS enthusiastsarespoiltforchoice this month, writes Geoff Courtney, with the release byTotem Publishing of two books, the first covering steam in much of the decade leading up to the Second WorldWar and secondly diesel traction from the dying days of the company into the Nationalisation era.
The images of steam are from the collection of George Barlow (1916-2006), a lifelong enthusiast of railways of all gauges whose career included being a military