The London Midland and Scottish Way - LMS Steam in the Sixties

A personal colour odyssey by an author captivated by steam, like most of us, at an early, highly impressionable age and in his case the introduction was grander than most – the Royal Train passing through Henley-in-Arden in April 1950 headed, memorably by two Castles.

The inevitable induction into the local band of platform enders followed, then trips by bicycle to sheds and other centres and finally steam tours as pocket money came to be bolstered by paper round cash.