Alexander Seal

Steam Through All Seasons

Steam locomotives at work, at various locations on British Railways between 1959 and 1964 and on railways in Germany, Italy and Romania, in the spring, summer, autumn and winter.

Side One

  1. Spring mornings on the Carlisle-Edinburgh line.
  2. Summer at Bromsgrove and Princes Risborough.
  3. Autumn night on the Hereford-Abergavenny line.
  4. Winter on the 'Schiefe Ebene' in West Germany.

Side Two

  1. Spring evening on the Central Wales line.
  2. Summer afternoon at Barkston Junction.
  3. Autumn in the Italian Dolomites and in the Danube Valley into Romania.
  4. Winter, on a snowy night at Princes Risborough.

Side One - Band One

Spring mornings on the Carlisle - Edinburgh line, the one time 'Waverly' route in 1961.

At 5.50 on an April morning, birds call from the surrounding trees and moors and a slight breeze hums through the telegraph wires, beside the line near Steele Road Station; in the distance, out of sight beyond the station, the London, St. Pancras-Edinburgh, Waverley sleeping car express is approaching on the continuous 1 in 75 climb from Newcastleton, 4½ miles away.

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