BR Blue No. 5: Passenger and Parcels

The BR Blue period continues to grow in popularity, a mark of this being that is now the fifth volume in what is a popular series. Regular author John Dedman - whose previous volumes in the series have been, ''Southampton and the New Forest'', Western Region South and West'', and ''Freight in the 1980''s''- now turns his attention to the passenger traffic of the period, both locomotive hauled and DMU operated. In the compilation of any book there is always a decision to be made between portraying the regular or unusual. John has opted to do both, hence we see the standard locomotive hauled ''Inter-City'' and cross country services, as well as the DMU. Including occasions when a locomotive and perhaps two coaches might have replaced a DMU or a rake of DMU''s replaced a locomotive hauled train!The coverage is almost country wide although the majority feature in area where locomotive and DMU operation was prominent.