Captain Kernow
Western Thunderer
I feel it is my urgent and solemn duty to inform all lovers of the GW and Western Region of this brilliant new photo album, recently released by Capital Transport - http://www.capitaltransport.com/ (ISBN 978-185414-353-2).
The book is in the same style as other recent releases of theirs over the last couple of years or so, including 'Western Steam in Devon & Cornwall', 'Somerset & Dorset Sunset', 'Southern Branchlines' etc.
The coverage is excellent, albeit understandable patchy, considering that there are views from branch lines in the London area, down through Wiltshire, Somerset to the South West, and also in various parts of Wales.
It is (in my view) absurdly good value at £16.95, considering that this is a quality, hardback production.
I bought mine from His Nibs at http://titfield.co.uk/, but clearly there other options as well. I just walked into Simon's shop in Larkhall, Bath just before Christmas, with the specific objective of retrieving a book he'd borrowed from me, and a slightly more vague notion of blagging a cup of tea and some biscuits and talking rhubarb for a while, and one of the first things I saw was this book on display on his 'new arrivals' stand - finding it made my day (and certainly made for a less dull train journey home afterwards!).
Go and buy it, it's really excellent - go now, don't delay, spoil yourself today!!
The book is in the same style as other recent releases of theirs over the last couple of years or so, including 'Western Steam in Devon & Cornwall', 'Somerset & Dorset Sunset', 'Southern Branchlines' etc.
The coverage is excellent, albeit understandable patchy, considering that there are views from branch lines in the London area, down through Wiltshire, Somerset to the South West, and also in various parts of Wales.
It is (in my view) absurdly good value at £16.95, considering that this is a quality, hardback production.
I bought mine from His Nibs at http://titfield.co.uk/, but clearly there other options as well. I just walked into Simon's shop in Larkhall, Bath just before Christmas, with the specific objective of retrieving a book he'd borrowed from me, and a slightly more vague notion of blagging a cup of tea and some biscuits and talking rhubarb for a while, and one of the first things I saw was this book on display on his 'new arrivals' stand - finding it made my day (and certainly made for a less dull train journey home afterwards!).
Go and buy it, it's really excellent - go now, don't delay, spoil yourself today!!
I walked in after Christmas with a slightly vague notion of blagging a cup of tea and some biscuits and talking rhubarb for a while, and one of the first things I saw was this book on display on his 'new arrivals' stand too. Its been thumbed a few times since and I concur with the Captain, well worth the cover price 
Ross
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