PTHE DEVONIAN – ONE OF THE GREATEST OF ALL LONG DISTANCE EXPRESSES – WAS, FOR COUNTLESS HOLIDAY MAKERS, THEIR PASSPORT TO THE WEST COUNTRY AND THE SUNSHINE AND SEA OF THE ENGLISH RIVIERA. IN THE LATEST OF THE AACCLAIMED ‘FROM THE FOOTPLATE’ SERIES STEPHEN AUSTIN NARRATES A TRIP ON BOARD THE SOUTHBOUND DEVONIAN IN 1957 DURING STEAM’S FINAL GLORIOUS YEARS WHEN THE TRAIN WAS HAULED BY A VARIETY OF CLASSIC STEAM LOCOMOTIVES. THIS VOLUME IS A FASCINATING REMINDER OF THE PERIOD WHEN, FOR THE MAJORITY OF PEOPLE, HOLIDAYS WERE INEXTRICABLY LINKED WITH RAILWAY TRAVEL TO THE SEASIDE.

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