'D' For Diesels : 8

As with other titles in this series, this book presents a good and varied collection of black & white photos from the early days of British Rail "modern traction", specifically from the days before TOPS numbers and the diesels were largely (though not always) green (not that it really matters in a book of black & white photos of course!) 

The photographs are often very good though and accompanied by captions written in a conversational style, often pithy (though sometimes it does fall a bit flat).

This volume mainly features the photos of Gavin Morrison and covers the whole range of British Rail diesels from lowly shunters to large main line locomotives. The photos are mainly taken in the 1960s and show a rail network and indeed a Britain before the ravages of standardisation and corporate identities.

Maybe everything was all a bit simpler and more innocent back then but nostalgia, like everything else, is not like it used to be.