In LNER Steam in Scotland in the 1930s the author, Brian J Dickson, features the various locomotive classes which could be seen working around Scotland for the London & North Eastern Railway during the 1930s. Over that time a wide range of classes could be seen such as A3s, streamlined A4s, B12s, C11s, C15s, C16s, D31s, D34s, D41s, D49s, G9s, P2s, J83s and J88s. Classes J35, J36 and J37 were the mainstay and worked out of sheds across central Scotland.
The Scottish area of the LNER consisted of the former North British Railway and Great North of Scotland Railway territories. The NBR was the larger of the two, owning approximately 1,370 miles of permanent way and over 1,000 locomotives. At the other end of the scale the GNoSR had approximately 330 miles of track and about 120 locomotives, with the added disadvantage of being isolated from the rest of the LNER system by 38 miles of running powers over London, Midland & Scottish Railway track from Aberdeen to Kinnaber Junction.
In addition to its substantial passenger traffic, the NBR brought to the LNER the revenue from their monopoly over the coal traffic in the Kingdom of Fife, whereas the GNoSR saw a steady revenue from its fish traffic out of the northern ports and the movement of large amounts of material connected with the Whisky industry.
The photographs are generally displayed in one-per-page format and each one is accompanied by an informative caption; additional caption information has been supplied by Ian Lamb.
86 black & white photographs. Hardback. 80 pages.