Rex Conway's Southern Steam Journey: Volume Two by Rex Conway

Rex Conway's Southern Steam Journey: Volume Two by Rex Conway

Rex Conway’s first book, Rex Conway’s Steam Album, was a wonderful miscellany of images that introduced a remarkable archive of railway photographs. This book takes the reader on a steam-hauled journey on the Southern Region throughout its journey around south-eastern England. Starting at Victoria in London during the golden age of steam, we encounter places such as Portsmouth, Brighton, Eastbourne, Folkestone, Ramsgate, Ashford and the Thames Estuary, with many diversions along the way. One of a series of books exploring each of the BR regions, this book is a must-have for anyone interested in the good old days of steam sadly no longer seen. All the photographs featured in this book have been specially selected from Rex’s phenomenal collection of over 65,000 images and the book is sure to appeal to railway enthusiasts far and wide.

Rex Conway started work in 1952 with the Bristol Evening Post as a trainee photographer. After three years as an RAF photographer with Coastal Command he rejoined the Post, remaining with the paper until the 1980s when he became a freelance photographer. From the 50s to the 80s Rex took approximately 25,000 railway photographs; since then he has added other collections - so his archive now numbers over 65,000 images, with the earliest dating from 1900.

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ISBN 13	9780752457581
ISBN 10	0752457586
Title	Rex Conway's Southern Steam Journey: Volume Two
Author	Rex Conway
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	The History Press Ltd
Year published	2011-04-21
Number of pages	160
Cover note	Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.