35mm COLOUR SLIDES, produced by CCQ Color Slides. 13½p each (USA 33c) for 1−6 slides: 12½p each (USA 30c) for 7 or more slides, plus postage. List 1 (10p, or 20p with sample slide) from R. M. Quinn, 68 Kings Road, BERKHAMSTED, Herts; lists 2−5 (5p. or 12½p with sample slide) from P. H. Colebourn. Apple Tree Cottage, Easton. WINCHESTER. Hants.

    Since we last mentioned CCQ Color Slides (RECORD 21, page 336) the range has been extended considerably in all five sections—British Railways (List 1), Overseas Railways (2), Trams & Trolleybuses (3), Ships (4) and Industrial Railways (5) – so much so that 421 industrials are offered compared with only 68 in 1968. With almost 1,000 titles the Overseas section gives an extensive coverage of Europe, and in all no less than 35 countries are represented. The method of producing duplicate transparencies usually results in an objectionable overall increase in contrast. The two dozen slides sent for review are very good in this respect although a few, notably those taken from contrasty originals, are rather indifferent. Grain is the other major problem associated with the production of duplicates but the quality here is above average. The acid test of quality, however, is whether it is possible to specify the duplicates when they are mixed with originals; more than a quarter of the slides were able to pass this very stringent test with flying colours. An audience of some thirty enthusiasts at a Christmas slide show confirmed our impressions when they found it difficult to accept that some of the projected CCQ slides were in fact duplicates. Particularly impressive to our eyes, when one considers the vintage of the originals, were the action shots of American and Canadian steam power. Some of the industrial slides were a little ordinary; others were magnificent (10047 – NANCY at Eastwell Ironstone Pits) or very good (10044 – CAMBRAI at Eaton Ironstone Pits; 10664 - No. 5 at NCB Philadelphia, and 10670 – LINHOPE at NCB Beamish). We ourselves would never purchase duplicate slides before first assessing their quality on projection. But an intending purchaser has little to lose with CCQ since their products are offered on a ‘money refunded if not delighted’ basis. Recommended.   (KPP/LAN)

    The veritable spate of albums on main and branch line subjects which have appeared during the last few years must have made our readers wonder when some enterprising publisher would cater for their tastes. Now, at last, an album has appeared that is exclusive to the industrial scene — and an excellent one at that, with well chosen subjects and a striking jacket in full colour of a train on the recently closed Wemyss Private Railway. "Steam Locomotives in Industry", an album compiled in 1967 by our friends in the ILS, was essentially an erudite textbook study of the various industrial locomotive types produced by numerous British builders. In direct contrast the present volume is more concerned with the aesthetic appeal of the industrial railway – with the locomotive in its setting, with atmosphere, and with what the visitor sees on a working day rather than at the weekend when often all is still and the shed doors closed. That it succeeds is due in no small measure to the careful selection of some pictorial gems from 32 creative photographers: more than a third, including the authors, are Society members. Both block-maker and printer have done a first class job and the layout is commendable, although more whole-page pictures would have been welcome. Short reviews of industrial railways and locomotives have been included and whilst a few errors have crept into the informative captions (e.g. ‘yellow’ and ‘green’ are transposed on page 22, and ‘1965’ on page 23 should read ‘1955’), the text takes second place to the pictures anyway. This is a relatively expensive book – present day inflation resulted in the price being increased from £2.25 to £2.50 after the jacket was printed – but one that merits a place on your bookshelf. A predominantly main line photographer whose railway library consists mainly of albums, was with difficulty persuaded to give this one a glance. When he eventually looked up it was to exclaim: "Yes, it is good." Praise indeed!   (KPP)