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The Magic of the Railways.
The local history books that I produce are image-driven - each book containing over 200 photographs. Although I have not published any specific books devoted to the railways of the West Midlands, there are in fact several railway-related images to be found in many of my books.
Here are just a few which I have picked out and which I think would be of interest to railway enthusiasts everywhere.
Members of Stephenson's Locomotive Society at Walsall Station, 22nd June 1963
The Birkenhead to London train passes through West Bromwich Station, August 1962.
The Paddington to Birkenhead passes through West Bromwich, August 1962.
Steam fans turn out to say goodbye to Pendennis Castle after her trip from Birmingham to Didcot, 14th July 1977. The engine had been sold to an Australian company.
