Great Western Castle Class 4-6-0 Locomotives - The Final Years 1960- 1965 (e-bog) af David Maidment, Maidment

Great Western Castle Class 4-6-0 Locomotives - The Final Years 1960- 1965 e-bog

135,33 DKK (inkl. moms 169,16 DKK)
The author’s second volume about the Great Western’s classic express locomotives covers their final six years in British Railways service. In 1960 the Castles, many now modernized with double chimneys and 4-row superheaters, were still in charge of most of the Western Region’s expresses, but by the summer of 1963 their regular express work was limited to the London – Wor...
E-bog 135,33 DKK
Forfattere David Maidment, Maidment (forfatter)
Udgivet 16 februar 2023
Længde 184 sider
Genrer 1DBK
Sprog English
Format epub
Beskyttelse LCP
ISBN 9781399095358
The author’s second volume about the Great Western’s classic express locomotives covers their final six years in British Railways service. In 1960 the Castles, many now modernized with double chimneys and 4-row superheaters, were still in charge of most of the Western Region’s expresses, but by the summer of 1963 their regular express work was limited to the London – Worcester route. Their declining numbers in the last couple of years covered special summer and relief trains, parcels and freight work, deputizing for failed or unavailable diesels and a flurry of excursions and railtours where their prowess could still be demonstrated. The author worked and lived alongside them in these years and the book includes much of his own personal experience on the footplate, on their trains and on shed. The book recaps briefly their first 25 years and covers their history, operation and performance in their final years and is copiously illustrated including over 100 color photographs.