The Last Days of Steam in the Scottish Highlands by D. Fereday Glenn

The Last Days of Steam in the Scottish Highlands by D. Fereday Glenn was first published in 1991 by Alan Sutton Publishing of Stroud, Gloucestershire, and printed in Great Britain by The Bath Press. The front jacket shows a little Andrew Barclay 0-4-0ST that shunted wagons between Cromdale and the Balmenach Distillery, photographed in 1961.

The book is a collection of photographs, most of them the author’s own, with detailed captions on the locomotives, sheds and lines pictured. It covers the routes that reached into the Highlands, including the Callander and Oban line, the West Highland line to Fort William and Mallaig, the ‘Road to the Isles’ and the Highland Railway north from Inverness to Kyle of Lochalsh, Wick and Thurso. Class J36, B1, A3 and Peppercorn A2 locomotives are among those featured.

Steam in the Highlands lasted until the 1960s, working steep gradients amid some of the finest scenery in Britain before diesels took over and many branch lines closed. The Last Days of Steam in the Scottish Highlands captures that era while it could still be seen.

The Last Days of Steam in the Scottish Highlands will appeal to steam enthusiasts, lovers of Scottish railways and Highland scenery, modellers looking for period detail, and collectors of Alan Sutton’s railway albums.

Condition – Good

Hardcover in the original pictorial dust jacket, which has been glued down to the boards. The glossy jacket remains bright, with light wear to the edges and a bookseller’s sticker on the front panel. The pages and photographs are clean and the binding is sound.