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The George C. Bett collection in the hands of the Transport Treasury consists of approximately 1,400 negatives, the vast majority of which were taken in and around the City of Dundee. George’s interest in railways started in the early 1940s when his parents gave him an Ian Allan ABC of Southern Electrics and after the family moved to Dundee his interest grew after witnessing, whilst travelling to school by tram, the Garter Blue A4s that carried stainless steel lettering.
This volume contains a choice of photographs from the collection dating between 1954 and 1966, showing a variety of locomotives operating in and out of Dundee West station on the former LMS route to Perth, connecting there with the lines north to Inverness and south to Glasgow. British Railways Standard ‘Clan’ and ‘Britannia’ Class 4-6-2s are regularly seen along with Standard Class 5 4-6-0s, both the Walschaerts and Caprotti valve gear versions. Sir William Stanier designed Class 5P5F or ‘Black 5’ 4-6-0s are also seen working along with the occasional LNER class of locomotive.
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| Weight | 540 g |
|---|---|
| Dimensions | 24 × 18.5 cm |
| Pages | 80 |
| Cover | Hardback, ebook |
| Illustrations | 88 |
| Format | landscape |
| ISBN | 9781913893606 |
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Barry Nisbet –
Totem has published their usual well produced bound hardback volume with a set of 80 clear, sharp , captioned photographs. However the title Steam in Scotland is a bit of a misnomer. It could well have been entitled Steam in Dundee or even Steam in Dundee at Magdalen Green/Esplanade. 33 of the photographs were taken near the latter small area, 52 including these were taken in Dundee. The rest were taken in a few other locations in Scotland so more variety would have been more interesting. Many of the photographs also suffer from the ubiquitous tendency for the photographer to get far too close to the locomotive quite disregarding the station, shed or other setting.