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The Railways of Northern England in the 1960s

Michael Clemens

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English
Fonthill Media Ltd
30 August 2025
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, with a few exceptions, are presented here for the very first time. Steam predominates, though diesel, electric power and even rope-worked inclines are featured, while among the locomotives you will find tramcars, an LNER paddle steamer and a four-wheeled oddity referred to as an ‘Old Steam Tar Sprayer’. This stunning collection, expertly restored and presented alongside informative commentaries, recalls the end of an era—a bygone age that, quite simply, is a joy to look back on.
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Imprint:   Fonthill Media Ltd
Country of Publication:   United Kingdom
Dimensions:   Height: 248mm,  Width: 172mm,  Spine: 8mm
Weight:   433g
ISBN:   9781781559116
ISBN 10:   1781559112
Pages:   128
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Audience:   General/trade ,  ELT Advanced
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Forthcoming

Michael Clemens and father lived in Worcestershire in the 1950s and 1960s but travelled all over Britain, from Penzance to the north of Scotland, filming many now long-closed railways and the steam locomotives that worked over them. The movie film collection, the largest of its kind in the UK, has been released by the author on forty videos starting in the 1990s. The first volume of still photographs was published in 2007, and this is the author's fifteenth book. The author's website can be visited at www.michaelclemensrailways.co.uk and contains many hundreds of pages of freely downloadable railway memorabilia.

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