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1968: The Last Year of Steam is a photographic album in full colour, depicting this important year with month-by-month coverage of over thirty-five different kinds of locomotives as British Railways phased the last steam locomotives out of use. These nostalgic photographs are supplemented in the captions with items of news, culture, music and the personalities from the era, which are sure to bring back the memories from our youth.Locations within this volume include Rose Grove, Speke, Carnforth, Lostock Hall, Bolton, Blackburn, Tebay, Kingmoor, Copy Pit, Peak Forest, Manchester Victoria, Stockport, Euston and Edinburgh Waverley.