Books by Brian J. Dickson

Colour photographs from three skilled photographers present the final years of steam

Showcasing this stunning collection of photographs taken on visits to Scotland nearly every year between 1948 and 1966

Stunning photographs reveal the progression of early diesel power

At the nationalisation of Britian's railways in 1948, the railways in the north-east of England had been placed within the North Eastern Region of British Railways, and had been given a distinctive orange corporate colour.

Fortunately many of these intrepid souls carried cameras to record the locos and together with their Scottish counterparts were, by the early 1960s, witnessing rows of these veterans at sheds and dumps across Scotland awaiting the scrapyard.