Keith Turton is a noted author and railway photographer. He was reared in a small mining village in the heart of the Nottinghamshire coalfield of England, and after migrating to Australia as a child, his interest in railways blossomed as steam declined. His early photography was done with a second-hand camera, recording the remaining steam workings around Melbourne in 1959, and in the following year he extended his activities to the country, particularly to Maryborough, aided by the possession of a second-hand Holden which was a familiar sight at many track side locations where steam was certain to be working hard.
