Veterans In Steam

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Colin Garratt is a man with a remarkable talent and a romantic mission in life. For many years he has toured distant lands in search of the last remaining locomotives in use on the railway networks of the world. His camera has captured the locomotives in clouds of steam and smoke, groaning their way up long gradients, spitting sparks and fire in the night, and even rusting away, long forgotten in locomotives graveyards. The engines are portrayed in glorious colour against the landscape and countryside with which they are so closely associated in popular thought.Beginning in Britain, Veterans in Steam takes us on another incredible journey via Eastern Germany, Austria, Yugoslavia and Greece on through the Asian part of Turkey and so to Syria in the Middle East. Seven countries in total are embraced, along with 35 different classes of locomotive in glorious tapestry of scenes. This is a charming and beautiful volume that will delight steam nostalgia fans everywhere.