The Demise of the Diesel Hydraulics is based on the Diesel Hydraulic photographs taken by the late Stephen C Marshall, supplemented by some images taken by his friends. As he lived in Devon for many years there is a strong bias on pictures taken in his own county. This was very much the Rail Blue period and while images are mostly of Westerns, other Hydraulics are also depicted.
It was Stephen’s wish to begin with images from late 1969 and run in date order up to the final day of the Westerns, ending with the Western Tribute Railtour February 1977. He also wished to include some preserved pictures and the compilers have done this with what they hope are some more unusual preserved scenes. The majority of the pictures have not been published before. Stephen was well known as the former owner of Globe Videos and he produced a number of DVD on the Hydraulics, but had not published many of his photographs. He was also well known as a keen follower of locomotive hauled trains and loved to travel the country. Many of the locations, such as his favourite Newton Abbot, have changed beyond recognition in the 50 years or so since many of the pictures were taken. Along with the station changes, the rolling stock and Infrastructure havealso changed as the years have passed. Those that followed the Hydraulics, and the railways of the Western Region, should find much to interest them in this publication, as should railway modellers.
277 colour photographs. Hardback. 176 pages.