THE SPIRIT OF STEAM - LOCOMOTIVES IN SOUTH AFRICA

By AW Smith & DE Bourne

Hardcover with dustcover, A4 size, 139 pages. Good condition. 

In magnificent colour photographs and an entertaining but instructive text The Spirit of Steam captures the essence of the staggering range of locomotive types and classes which still operate on the southern tip of Africa. A fascinating blend of picture and word takes the reader across the sun-scorched veld, through cuttings surrounded by snow-capped mountains, and along narrow-gauge lines which wind their way among forests and sub-tropical growth. And, as few other railway books have done, The Spirit of Steam runs back the curtain on the men who ride the footplate, feeding the fires and taming the steel leviathans.