STEAM IN ENGLAND
STEAM IN ENGLAND: The Classic Railway Photography of R. C. Riley R. C. Riley, R. Lissenden,
Publisher: Ian Allan
ISBN: 0711033889
DDC: 625.2610941022
Edition: Hardcover; 2009-07
Summary:
R. C. ('Dick') Riley (1921-2006) was one of the country's foremost
railway photographers; starting with mono just prior to World War 2,
he moved over to color in the early 1950s, when such film was both
expensive and slow. Working in the banking industry - like a number
of other notable photographers - gave him the opportunity to travel
widely and, aided by his trackside pass and contacts within the
railway industry, he was able to access locations and views that many
other photographers were excluded from. From his early work through
to the end of main line steam in 1968 he took countless thousands of
transparencies; over the years a number have been published but there
remain a significant number that have yet to see the light of day.
This large landscape format book showcases some 200 color images
taken by Dick Riley between the early 1950s and 1968. Whilst the bias
will be towards the Southern and Western regions, the book will also
include a significant number of illustrations on both the Eastern and
London Midland regions. Dick Riley was also a prolific photographer
of industrial railways, and the book will include a brief selection
featuring these sites, as well as recording aspects such as signs and
minutiae, which were largely ignored by other photographers. The book
will also include vignettes of these photographs. The text will be
compiled by his close friend and executor Rodney Lissenden, who will
have access to Dick Riley's personal diaries for anecdotal tales
relating to the images concerned. The book will have a foreword and
preface by Richard Hardy - a well-known railway man who know the
author for more than 50 years - and the newscaster Nick Owen, again a
personal friend, both of whom gave addresses at Dick Riley's funeral
in 2006.
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