Countdown to 1968: Decline and Fall of Steam - Hardcover

Adley, Robert

 
9780860934929: Countdown to 1968: Decline and Fall of Steam

Synopsis

4th August 1968 is a signficant date in the annals of railway history as it witnessed the end of steam traction on British Rail. Published to mark the 25th anniversary of this historic event, this book is a tribute to the men and machines of the much lamented steam era and is a diarized, month-by-month account of the end of the steam era, from 1962 until August 1968.

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