A good read - Triumph and beyond

[hq1hitchin]

Not an advert as I stand to gain nothing personally by this, but for anyone interested in the LNER this book represents good value. Not sure there's ever been a Volume 2, mind

http://wrs.yahoo.com/_ylt=A7x9QV9ZfjFP9 ... 189962421X

[50C]

I have a copy of the above mentioned book which indeed does refer to a part 2 containing chapters 7 to 12.I enquired about it through my local library about 5 years ago and they came up with a copy of 'The Route Of The Flying Scotsman' by the same author.Casting my mind back I seem to think that it was the follow-up tome to part one but not published on glossy paper and of far less content.

Can anyone confirm this or have I got my wires crossed.

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[JASd17]

There are in fact three volumes in the series by Dr Ben Brooksbank. The last 'Infrastructure, Traffic & Staff' deals mainly with background information, train departures from principal stations, some useful maps etc.

Number three had a very small print run. ISBN 0 907322 89 1

The books are very good on wartime operating on the ECML.

Dr Brooksbank also has a large number of railway photographs on the Geograph website.

[hq1hitchin]

Thanks for the gen, as they used to say, JASd17, will start looking. I really enjoyed the first part

[notascoobie]

There are in fact three volumes in the series by Dr Ben Brooksbank. The last 'Infrastructure, Traffic & Staff' deals mainly with background information, train departures from principal stations, some useful maps etc.

Number three had a very small print run. ISBN 0 907322 89 1

The books are very good on wartime operating on the ECML.

Dr Brooksbank also has a large number of railway photographs on the Geograph website.

I have volumes 1 & 2 and they make interesting reading. There's also a pretty formidable collection of information laid out for those interested.

I was aware of vol 3 but I've not seen it. A review from anyone?

Regards,

Vernon

[strang steel]

Sorry no review.

I only have vol 1, but that is fascinating - especially with its detailed account of the logistics of the railway in wartime.

I have never seen a vol 3 on sale, and the few vol 2s have been rather on the expensive side.

[50C]

Can someone please confirm the title of volume 2.


Thanks

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[strang steel]

The Route of the Flying Scotsman

[50C]

Thanks John,



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[John C]

I too have had this book in my collection for several years, and although it is without doubt A Good Read, it is, imho (h for humble) spoilt by the constant conversion of good old £sd into so many £p.

I realise that we have had £p for over 40 years now, and there are no doubt many readers of the book who weren’t even born in pre-decimal days, but for those such readers who need this kind of detail, perhaps a decimal conversion table as an appendage would have sufficed – after all, I notice that distances, weights and speeds don’t suffer the ignominy of conversion to their decimal equivalent. I know that it’s all water under the bridge now that the book is written and long since published, but….well, there we are.

Sorry to have a little whinge about this but I just feel that with all the extensive research done by the books author, and he was obviously brought up in the LSD era, it somewhat detracted from the historic side of what he conveyed to us, the reader.

As an aside, John (Strang Steel) gives us the title of Volume 2 and it appears that Volume 3 was published in 2006 under the title:-
EAST COAST MAIN LINE 1939-1959 - INFRASTRUCTURE, TRAFFIC & STAFF - Part 3 of Triumph and Beyond (2006) by B W L Brooksbank
ISBN 978-0-907322-89-4
Book A4, Softback 220 Pages 50 B&W Map Drawings
Publisher: Arcturus Press
Availability: Out of print

(These details from a site I’ve not seen before – www.transportdiversions.com)

Regards,

John C.