BR Blue: A Portrait

The book is a portrait of the period which became known as the era of BR Blue – the 1970s and 1980s.The railway appeared to be caught up in a world of its own. It was still recognisably the one from the steam era, and happy to be living in the past rather than making strides toward the future. As with most of the nationalised industries, labour relations were somewhat fraught. The railway invested in electrification and everything else was standardised to minimise costs. Unsurprisingly, sta...