A Railway Journey Around South-West England in the late 1950s & 1960s has been created from photographs taken by the author, his father, plus friends Alan Maund, John Dagley-Morris, and Ellis James-Robertson. Also, through contacts made via B & R Video Productions the author has been able to use images taken by Barry Eagles and…

The Railways of Northern England in the 1960s invites the reader on a nostalgic tour of the North, from Crewe and Doncaster up to the Scottish border, taking in bustling metropolises, industrial towns, military sites, mountains, lakes, viaducts and picturesque villages. The photographs, a mixture of colour and monochrome, were taken between 1955 and 1970 and,…

A Railway Journey Across South Wales during the late 1950s and 1960s moves broadly across the area from east to west, it begins at Abergavenny in 1957 and concludes at Fishguard with the last BR steam visit during 1965. Many long-closed railways, branch lines, plus some industrial locations are visited. These include: Brynmawr, Ebbw Vale,…

My first book with the RCTS is a third using material solely from the photographic archive of the late R. E. (Ellis) James-Robertson (one of my late father’s old pals). The majority of photographs are taken within the County of Worcester, nearly half within a few miles of the City itself. Compared with my first…

Robert Ellis James-Robertson (but always known as Ellis) lived at Worcester from the mid-1950s and travelled extensively around the country building up a large railway archive. In the early 1960s a few of Ellis’s photographs were published in books and magazines and the credit ‘R. E. James-Robertson’ may be familiar to some. This book of…

Robert Ellis James-Robertson (known as Ellis) was born in Wales but lived at Worcester from the mid-1950s and travelled extensively around the country building up a large railway collection. In the 1960s a few of Ellis’s photographs were published in books and magazines and the credit ‘R. E. James-Robertson’ may be familiar to some. This…

Scottish Railways in the 1960s makes a clockwise journey around the country visiting many long-closed railways, branch lines, a few industrial locations, plus the locomotives that worked over them. Locations seen include Alloa, Alva, Auchtermuchty, Ayr, Ballachulish, Beattock, Brechin, Burghead, Dumfries, Callander, Carstairs, Castle Douglas, Coalburn, Douglas, Drongan, Duns, Edinburgh, Elgin, Fort William, Georgemas Junction, Glasgow,…

The Last Years of Steam Across Somerset & Dorset covers many of the railways across he two counties and their steam locomotives. The largely vanished secondary routes and branch lines will probably be of interest to most, particularly the famous Somerset & Dorset Railway. Coverage includes: Bristol and Mangotsfield. The Somerset & Dorset Railway from…

The eastern border of The Last Years of Steam around the East Midlands is broadly that of the East Coast Main Line through Welwyn, Peterborough and Stoke Bank to Newark, while its western border includes London Marylebone, Bicester, Banbury, Rugby and Nuneaton, before linking northwards via Burton-on-Trent and Nottingham. There is coverage of the Great…

The Railways Of Devon & Cornwall Around The Early 1960s covers many of the lines across the two counties and the steam locomotives that worked over them. Whilst there are main line photographs, this book mainly visits a selection of the now largely vanished secondary routes and branch lines. The early 1960s also saw the…