Dumfries and Galloway's Last Days of Steam Author: W.A.C. Smith Price: £7.50

In the latest of Bill Smith's series on Scottish steam, relive the final days of the Port Road when people lined the route six-deep to wave the last service goodbye. The various branch lines of this vast area are also covered and the 55 photographs, all taken by the author, are accompanied by detailed captions. Steam engines feature throughout, working at locations including Beattock, the Beattock Bank, Beattock Summit, Canonbie, Castle Douglas, Creetown, Crossmichael, Dalbeattie, Dumfries, Dunragit, Elvanfoot, Gatehouse of Fleet, Greskine, Harthope, Kirkconnel, Kirkinner, Kirkcudbright, Loch Skerrow, Lockerbie, Moffat, Nethercleugh, Parton, Sanquhar and Stranraer.

ISBN 1 84033 234 4 48 pp

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