{"product_id":"9781398125216","title":"Western Region Rail Scene: 1970s-1980s by Garry Stroud","description":"The Western Region of today is not without its modern followers, but four to five decades ago it was a very different story. Passenger services were locomotive-hauled, hydraulic traction was beginning to be phased out and freight traffic was in abundance. In addition, the first new generation of HSTs was beginning to appear on front-line services. The 1970s and 1980s really were two decades of variety.   Garry Stroud presents a fascinating selection of images covering the whole region, from Paddington to Penzance, West and South Wales and north to Worcester and Hereford. These images offer a nostalgic look back to a past era when semaphore signals controlled the line and hydraulic power was giving way to diesel electric traction, first-generation DMUs were the order of the day on branch-line services and diesel depots had a variety of locomotive action.\u003cbr\u003eBinding: Paperback \/ softback","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56298118185333,"sku":"9781398125216","price":15.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9781398125216.jpg?v=1762782469","url":"https:\/\/backstory.london\/products\/9781398125216","provider":"Backstory","version":"1.0","type":"link"}