The RC Riley Colour Collection – Southern Locomotives

Counting the number of different steam classes that might be seen up to the end of 1962 and the figure was well into double figures, although that number was slashed dramatically in the great cull that occurred at the that year when so many serviceable engines were simply cast aside. Dick Riley’s images capture the scene both prior to and post that year. A time when engines might still be seen in gleaming paintwork and before the all pervading grime of the mid 1960s became commonplace. Feast then on the products of Messrs. Bulleid, Maunsell, Urie, Riddles and others in scenes and at locations that are now changed beyond recognition.