Fifty Memories - An Unusual Hobby Recalled in Photos and Anecdotes

In this book from The Fifty Fund’s founding Chairman Dave Keogh, he says “It tells how a young boy from Plymouth got drawn into Fifty bashing and railway photography, told using enthusiast language. This is not a dry historical document about these locos. It light heartedly focusses on "the joined-up railway"! that existed after the class was refurbished; it's variety, infrastructure and working practices. The environment in which we went bashing, Large Logo livery is king, with a nod towards what went before, and after, with the arrival of the bean counters. The storylines are just an excuse to showcase pictures I took over the years. A visual record of "moves" made in pursuit of mileage or rare track with 50s. There are photos from far flung parts of the country, on tours and unusual workings, including the Track test Train. Along with visual records of days spent trudging round the countryside, standing in fields in all weathers, waiting for something to turn up.”