The Story of Steam Breakdown Cranes on the Railways of Britain, this is the first detailed book on the subject for nearly thirty years and it is very much better, especially for the modeller, than what preceded it (Brownlie's Railway Steam Cranes). For a start there is a considerable number of drawings which, whilst mainly to 4mm scale, are remarkably clear. Secondly there are somewhere over 200 large and clear photographs, showing considerable detail. Lastly there is a very good, informative and readable text. For historians and modellers alike, this is an invaluable. This volume starts with hand cranes, and covers up to the 36 ton cranes of the just Post WW1 era. Vol.2 will cover the larger long-jib cranes, both steam and diesel, most fitted with relieving bogies. 256 A4 format pages. Hardbound.