An album of high quality black & white photographs of steam locomotives operating around the Fells of north-west England between the mid-1950s and late-1960s. Photographs are presented in one-per-page format, with an extensive caption at the foot of each page, providing a great deal of background information about the location and train pictured.
Includes images of passenger and freight trains, many tackling the steep inclines found on the lines around this hilly region of England. Both of the region's main lines are featured; the West Coast Main Line over Shap summit and the world-famous Settle to Carlisle line, along with the Cumbrian Coast line, Tebay to Barnard Castle, Settle Junction to Lancaster and many of the branch lines in the area including:
- Arnside to Hincaster Junction
- Branches around Whitehaven
- Workington to Penrith
- Windermere Branch
- Coniston Branch
- Lake Side Branch
Steam Around the Fells provides a photographic record of the final decades of steam haulage in one of northern England's most scenic regions. Hardback. 112 pages.