Loco Review 2017
By Martin Buck
Published by Freightmaster Publishing
www.freightmasterpublishing.co.uk
224 pages, colour, 245x167mm, softback. £18.95
THIS is the 10th and final (according to the author) edition of the annual guide from Freightmaster, which provides a round-up of railway highlights over the past year with photographs and data.
It is a great book to dip into, not necessarily in any order, with chapters covering the Caledonian Sleepers, various freight flows, infrastructure developments, special occasions and loco profiles.
Aspects of 2016 covered include the 175th anniversary of the Great Western Railway, the introduction of re-engineered Class 73/9s in Scotland, the closure of the West Coast Main Line in Scotland at Lamington Viaduct, Class 68s on passenger work in East Anglia, and the run down of the coal industry.
There are…
