Odd Corners of the Eastern from the Days of Steam

Eric Sawford has brought together a fascinating collection
of facts and rare photographs to shed new light on the
history of the Eastern Region. He has drawn on his extensive
archive of pictures to illustrate unusual aspects of the
Eastern that have been overlooked in other works devoted to
this part of the railway network. His book is illuminating
reading for everyone with a special interest in this area
and for all railway enthusiasts. His photographs provide us
with an evocative record of the infrastructure of the
railway during an extraordinary period in is history. They
recall many of the once-common features of a system that has
now gone forever. Lines and branch lines that were closed in
the 1950s and 1960s are well represented. All the minute
details of railway life from semaphore signalling to the
rolling stock and timetables are included. This is a tribute
to a lost past that deserves to be remembered.