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Steam in My Lens

The Reginald Batten Collection: Specially Featuring the Great Northern and Great Eastern Lines of the LNER

Malcolm Batten
Reg Batten started taking pictures in the early 1930s on the northern LNER lines. He later expanded his range across the country, including other transport types such as River Thames traffic. This first collection showcases his railway photography up to the 1950s, with text detailing the locomotives, locations and infrastructure.
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Product information:
  • Publisher: Pen & Sword
  • Year: 2021
  • Format: Hardback
  • Pages: 192pp
  • Illustrated: Yes
  • Dimensions: 286x222mm
  • ISBN: 9781526772589
  • Condition: New
  • Weight: 1.2kg
Product code:
529739
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Reg Batten was a railway and transport photographer, who started taking pictures in the early 1930s, mostly on the Great Northern and Great Eastern sections of the L N E R.

He later started taking pictures elsewhere on the railway network, covering other companies, also looking at other forms of transport like traffic on the river Thames.

This is the first book of Reg Batten's work, covering his railway photography from the early 1930s, through wartime into the 1950s, and steam on into the preservation era. This volume not only covers locomotive types but also looks at locations and interesting features of the railway scene at that time.
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