THE LAST FIRE WITHIN: CHINA

Working steam railways around the world were all but extinct by 2020. The last place on Earth where large numbers of steam locomotives had been at work was China. This is the story of their final days. With an exhaustive text and hundreds of stunning colour photographs, The Last Fires Within documents the amazing quantity, diversity and drama of the steam railways throughout China. It reflects on the lives of the people who depended upon them and of those who kept the trains running in a rapidly changing world.

Robert D. Turner has been researching, photographing and writing about transportation history for over forty years. His photos have been widely published and he has written hundreds of articles and reviews. The Klondike Gold Rush Steamers is his eighteenth book. Turner has been recognized with numerous awards, including the Canadian Railroad Historical Association's Lifetime Achievement Award and the American Association for State and Local History's Award of Merit. A retired heritage consultant and a curator emeritus at the Royal British a Museum, Turner has travelled widely around the world photographing the last steam railways and early industries while documenting the people, places and stories of this disappearing history and culture.