Ted McAvoy made numerous visits to Ireland to observe, and indeed participate, in the operation of the peat railways. Although it contains a few photographs from other sources, this book is primarily Ted McAvoy’s personal review of forty-three visits to Ireland over the past fifteen years, recording the peat railways of Bord na Móna as they moved up to four million tonnes of peat each year. It is a photographic record, but whereas most such photo albums concentrate on just the locomotives this has a far wider scope, recording many aspects of the peat harvesting infrastructure, and, just as important, the crews who operated it. The practical difficulties of operating in the peat bogs are well illustrated, with views of uneven track, as well as a loco almost totally submerged in the bog after a derailment. The captions are informative, and there is a general map of the peat bog locations, as well as a detailed map of the bogs serving Littleton Briquette Factory. There is also a section on the time-warp that was the Attymon Peat Co-op, and a brief mention of the preserved locos. A very well-presented overview of what was the most extensive industrial narrow gauge network in Western Europe, but which is now disappearing almost overnight. For anyone who never visited, this book will show you what you missed. Landscape format.