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I received my copy today and I've had a quick look through and I must say this has to be an excellent bookazine by Mr Wright there are some excellent pictures for anybody who maybe detailing a 47 or two I'm very pleased with this is an understatement.

Well done Mr Wright

 

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Colin

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Agree, the photography is excellent, However too many captions give details of the train, but don't give the loco number, so on this occasion, a miss from me.

 

Gary

 

 

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I recently looked through the class 50 bookazine and have to say, I hope anyone who forks out £9.99 for this one, is better rewarded.

Ok, there are some nice pics, but these need better captions - the lack of loco identification makes it pretty useless as a modelling aid and the number of errors contained within them is unforgivable - whatever happened to proof reading?

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I think this ones more expensive. I have to say these are not great value for money compared to other bookazines. I just bought one on Sulzer engines, for instance at £6.99.

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You sometimes pay for quality. Some "bookazines"* are terrible, especially when it come to the reproduction of the photos and the paper quality.

 

I saw this the other day. I was going to have a gander but there was a big wide bloke reading all the magazines in Smiffs and I was in a bit of hurry so I couldn't be bothered waiting for him to move as he seemed very engrossed in his reading. Not railway magazines I hasten to add, it was something like caravans that had his attention.

 

 

*Hate the term personally. This sums up my feelings on the term. https://metro.co.uk/2013/06/21/richard-herring-studies-magazines-on-the-top-shelf-3849770/

 

 

Jason

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Agree, the photography is excellent, However too many captions give details of the train, but don't give the loco number, so on this occasion, a miss from me.

 

Gary

 

Hi Gary,

 

"a miss" for not including the loco number in a caption? if the number isn't known to the writer, unless it legible in the pic, it leaves a writer a little stumped..? seems a trivial reason not to buy an otherwise well researched piece of work?

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Hi Gary,

 

"a miss" for not including the loco number in a caption? if the number isn't known to the writer, unless it legible in the pic, it leaves a writer a little stumped..? seems a trivial reason not to buy an otherwise well researched piece of work?

 

Hi, I understand if something is passing you at speed and you're talking photo's, it's not always possible to get the number, but when its stood in a station, in a clearly accessible location, what's difficult in walking a few extra yards to record the Loco number ? there's a photo of a western region Named 47, nameplate visible and even the caption gives a list of possible identities, but you could have had the correct loco number by walking a few extra yards.

 

I have no problem with the Photo's they are to Tony's excellent standard, but reading captions that say an un-identified 47 on a Mk 1 set or Mk 2 set, As I said not for me.

 

Gary

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If it has an ISBN number, then it is considered a book. The British Library will have a copy as publishers have to provide them with one copy of everything.

 

It was with a sense of pride that I have found mine in the British Library catalogue.

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Hi, I understand if something is passing you at speed and you're talking photo's, it's not always possible to get the number, but when its stood in a station, in a clearly accessible location, what's difficult in walking a few extra yards to record the Loco number ? there's a photo of a western region Named 47, nameplate visible and even the caption gives a list of possible identities, but you could have had the correct loco number by walking a few extra yards.

 

I have no problem with the Photo's they are to Tony's excellent standard, but reading captions that say an un-identified 47 on a Mk 1 set or Mk 2 set, As I said not for me.

 

Gary

He was correct but it was 47560 tamar not what he thought it was! I have been going through it and I can Identify a few locos.
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I saw this the other day. I was going to have a gander but there was a big wide bloke reading all the magazines in Smiffs and I was in a bit of hurry so I couldn't be bothered waiting for him to move as he seemed very engrossed in his reading. Not railway magazines I hasten to add, it was something like caravans that had his attention.

 

 

 

Jason

 

Went in again and couldn't find it. However the same bloke was in there, now reading (and I mean reading) the boat magazines....

 

Go to a library you freeloader. They have loads of books and magazines in there.

 

 

 

Jason

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