RAILWAY PHOTOGRAPHERS
William Stuart Sellar
Railwayman and renowned photographer William Stuart Sellar passed away on August 1, aged 86. The RM pays tribute with this selection of archive shots he sent to the magazine around the end of steam in the 1960s.
WS SELLAR (Stuart) began his railway career in 1955 as a booking clerk at his local station Morningside Road on the Edinburgh Suburban line, writes John Yellowlees.
After a two-year break for National Service at Longmoor Camp, Stuart resumed his railway career in 1958 and carried his camera with him wherever possible. Summers took him to work as a relief clerk at a variety of stations, including Galashiels, Melrose and Hawick, creating opportunities to photograph the passing steam scene.