Recommended reading

■ Great Western Adventure by Brian Hollingsworth (David & Charles, 1981).

■ Renaissance from Rust by GC Wood (6000 Locomotive Association, 1973).

■ The Tyseley Story by Michael Whitehouse (Lightmoor Press, 2021).

■ 50 years of Preserved Steam on the Main Line by JS Whiteley & GW Morrison (OPC, 1989).

■ Steam All The Way by Nigel Harris (WH Smith, 1987).

■ Breaking The Ban by Tony Streeter

(50 Glorious Years of Steam, 2018).

■ All Change At Cholsey by Frank Dumbleton (50 Glorious Years of Steam, 2018).

■ All Steamed Out by Richard Foster

(50 Glorious Years of Steam, 2018).

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