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Yes, Lightmoor Press  have reprinted the Ben Ashworth album titled 'BR Steam In Dean' which shows exactly what it says on the cover.  

 

Edited by Ian Pope it is a superb collection of Ben Ashworth's pictures taken in the Forest and immediate vicinity in the steam era (although a Brush Type 4 appears in the edge of one pic at Bullo Pill).  Mainly b&w pics, and excellently reproduced there are also colour views on and inside the front and back covers - an absolute bargain for £10.

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Yes, Lightmoor Press  have reprinted the Ben Ashworth album titled 'BR Steam In Dean' which shows exactly what it says on the cover.  

 

Edited by Ian Pope it is a superb collection of Ben Ashworth's pictures taken in the Forest and immediate vicinity in the steam era (although a Brush Type 4 appears in the edge of one pic at Bullo Pill).  Mainly b&w pics, and excellently reproduced there are also colour views on and inside the front and back covers - an absolute bargain for £10.

 

Without doubt, one of the best books I have ever purchased.

 

Overlook this book, and you will one day regret it .

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Brian R

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Does anyone know where the book is available?  Or is it only from the publisher?  I'll be back in England in a couple of weeks and we're staying in Gloucestershire for most of our stay. It sounds like a book I should buy...along with many others, I'll probably have an excess baggage charge coming back!

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Does anyone know where the book is available?  Or is it only from the publisher?  I'll be back in England in a couple of weeks and we're staying in Gloucestershire for most of our stay. It sounds like a book I should buy...along with many others, I'll probably have an excess baggage charge coming back!

 

Could try the publisher directly in Witney...

 

http://lightmoor.co.uk/books/br-steam-in-dean/L9068

 

Like others have said this is £10 well spent with lovely photography by BA and IP's captions helping to bring the images alive. I bought my copy in 2000 at a bookshop in Gloucester and it remains one of the most read books I own,

 

One word......Whimsey!  With those evocative Berry Wiggins tank wagons which will be always associated with the Forest during this period...

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I am sure that Simon will have it at The Titfield Thunderbolt bookshop in Bath - http://www.titfield.co.uk/ - and could probably post it back to Canada for you, if you so wished. Having said that, the bookshop is definitely well worth a visit, but make sure your wallet is aware that you are going.

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Well I can highly recommend this book, packed full of little scenes worth modelling. Interesting that the Stationmaster references the picture with the Brush type 4 in the background since the 9f in the foreground on a WR weedkiller train was a surprise. Also by pure chance the only 45xx pictured in the Dean is one I'm currently working on, 4564! 

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