The Era of Rail Blue

Return to the era when rail blue ruled supreme on the railways of Britain, when a wide variety of British-built trains operated from the highlands of Scotland, through the now vanished industrial north and midlands, through the Welsh valleys, across the suburban networks of the south east and through the picturesque West Country. In the dying days of British steam, the British Rail Design Research Unit in the 1960s introduced a modern new blue livery for diesel and electric locomotives, blue and grey for coaching stock, blue for suburban stock and the now iconic double-arrow symbol. Having lived through this lost era, Mark Jamieson provides a nostalgic and affectionate pictorial record of British Rail during the rail blue years. Over 100 quality colour images, many never seen before, and with detailed captions, provide the reader with a comprehensive record, spanning from the distant time when the livery ruled the rails.