Guernsey in 50 Buildings

Guernsey in 50 Buildings

Lost Aberystwyth

Lost Aberystwyth

Journey's End: The Vanishing Steam Era Around the World

Publication Date15th July 2025

Book FormatPaperback

pages128

Illustrations150

Height168

Width246

Stunning original photographs illustrate this document of locomotives and railing stock around the world after their working life has come to an end.
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ISBN
9781398119055

The storage and ultimate disposal of redundant or worn-out railway locomotives and rolling stock is a much overlooked subject, but is most certainly an important aspect of railway history, deserving documentation and photographic attention.


Subjects covered here include locomotives and rolling stock that had already been taken out of regular service, either present at motive power depots awaiting movement for disposal, abandoned at industrial installations, or simply languishing in sidings or yards, sometimes apparently forgotten about with nature gradually taking its course. Scenes of cutting up and disposal operations also feature. Partly dismembered hulks of locomotives can be seen, as well as rolling stock and multiple units awaiting burning and subsequent asbestos removal.


Packed with fascinating illustrations and commentary, Journey's End is a fitting coda to Gordon Edgar’s popular regional Industrial Locomotives & Railways series. This first volume focuses on rolling stock and locomotives outside Great Britain, around the world.

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