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Tuesday 23 December 2008
The Ladybird Book of British Railway Locomotives
In 1958 -- fifty years ago! -- this showed the State of the Art:
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Wow, I remember this book growing up in South Africa in the 60s and 70s. Our trains were metre gauge, and nothing like these behemoths (as I though as a kid). Good nostalgia to see this again.
I remember first coming across this book at primary school, although by that time it was already an "old book", and I was fascinated by the variety of (sometimes rather exotic) locos. Incidentally, despite the 1958 “first published” date, this looks like an updated edition from 1964.
3 comments:
Wow, I remember this book growing up in South Africa in the 60s and 70s. Our trains were metre gauge, and nothing like these behemoths (as I though as a kid). Good nostalgia to see this again.
I remember this from primary school!
I remember first coming across this book at primary school, although by that time it was already an "old book", and I was fascinated by the variety of (sometimes rather exotic) locos. Incidentally, despite the 1958 “first published” date, this looks like an updated edition from 1964.
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