Five Decades in the Forest: Celebrating Fifty Years of the Dean Forest Railway - NEW BOOK!

[clarkea1]

The Dean Forest Railway Society have released a new book to celebrate the fiftieth anniversary of the Dean Forest Railway (founded in 1971, first Steam Day in 1971).  It is being officially launched at our Fiftieth Anniversary Gala weekend on 23rd October 2021, 50 years to the day since our first Steam Day was held at Parkend in 1971.  The book has been a couple of years in the making - and the various lockdowns saw a project to produce "a small booklet" grow somewhat to produce a comprehensive pictorial history of the DFR!

 

The book is 164 pages long, and contains over 400 photographs charting the development of the railway from early days at Parkend, the move to develop Norchard as a Steam Centre, extensions southwards towards Lydney, and then the return to Parkend.  It also has chapters covering the 'home fleet' of locos and rolling stock over the years, notable visitors, galas and special events, plus various other fascinating pictures giving a proper flavour of the railway over the last 50 years, and finishes with a short selection of the best contemporary photography of the railway.

 

The vast majority of the pictures, found in the DFR Museum's archives and in the attics and cupboards of many of our members, have never been seen before! The book is softback, printed on high quality art paper, and is available to pre-order now!

 

Visit dfrsociety.org.uk/shop to pre-order.  It costs £20 plus £3 p&p, and all proceeds go to the work of the Dean Forest Railway Society (a registered charity) in maintaining and developing the railway.

 

All pre-orders will be despatched to arrive on or near the launch date (23rd October).  From that date on, as well as online sales it will be available to buy in the railway's book shop at Norchard.

 

 

Thanks,

 

Alastair

DFR Society Chair of Trustees.

Edited October 7, 2021 by clarkea1