By Roger Rounce (hardback, Silver Link, www.mortonsbooks. co.uk/silverlink, 192pp, £30, ISBN 978-1-85794-608-6)
A goldmine for fans of first-generation main line diesels and the occasional electric too, StratfordTraction Maintenance Depot and Diesel Repair Shop hosts locomotives from every region. As such, it was a draw for enthusiasts in the 1980s and 1990s.
The author showcases a collection of his own images from those days; the volume includes Class 08s, 20s, 31s, 37s, 47s, 58s, 60s, 86s and 87s, and provides details each of the pictured locomotives relating to when it was built, numbers and names carried, plus dates of when it entered service and when it was scrapped.
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