The LMS Princess Coronation Pacifics, The Final Years & Preservation - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The LMS Princess Coronation Pacifics, The Final Years & Preservation write by David Maidment. This book was released on 2023-11-30. The LMS Princess Coronation Pacifics, The Final Years & Preservation available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This book follows on from the author’s book on the Princess Coronation pacific locomotives from their construction in 1937 to their operation in 1956. It picks up from the story in 1957 with their operation and performance on the ‘Caledonian’, ‘Royal Scot’ and ‘Midday Scot’ accelerated services of the late 1950s, their continuing heavy work as dieselization of the West Coast mainline is implemented and the sudden withdrawal of the remaining examples at the end of the 1964 summer timetable. Included are the author’s personal experiences and photographs and the descriptions by three Crewe men who fired these engines on the heavy overnight Crewe – Perth sleeper services in the late 1950s, two of whom, Les Jackson and Bill Andrew, drove 6229 and 6233 in the preservation era. As well as their stories of their experiences in BR days, they describe runs with the preserved locomotives and have included photographs from their personal collections. Crewe Works fitter, Keith Collier includes his experiences of their maintenance and the author in conclusion compares them with the finest steam locomotives of France, Germany and the USA.
Great Western, 0-6-0 Tender Goods Locomotive Classes
Great Western, 0-6-0 Tender Goods Locomotive Classes - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Great Western, 0-6-0 Tender Goods Locomotive Classes write by David Maidment. This book was released on 2024-07-30. Great Western, 0-6-0 Tender Goods Locomotive Classes available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This book is a comprehensive history of all the 0-6-0 tender locomotives built by the Great Western Railway or by railways absorbed by the GWR from the very earliest broad gauge engines designed by Daniel Gooch to the Collett 2251 class of the 1930s some of which were still under construction at nationalisation. It includes the Joseph Armstrong ‘Standard Goods’ and the famous Dean Goods, many of which served overseas in the two world wars. The text of 40,000 words describes the design, construction and operation of eight GW and five ‘Absorbed’ broad gauge classes, and thirteen GW and thirteen ‘Absorbed’ standard gauge classes. The book has over 250 black and white and 30 color photos, weight diagrams and drawings.
London & North Eastern Railway 4-4-0 Tender Locomotives
London & North Eastern Railway 4-4-0 Tender Locomotives - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook London & North Eastern Railway 4-4-0 Tender Locomotives write by David Maidment. This book was released on 2024-11-30. London & North Eastern Railway 4-4-0 Tender Locomotives available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This first volume on the LNER 4-4-0 locomotives describes the design, construction, history, operation and performance of the Great Northern, Great Central and Great Eastern examples, classified by the LNER at the Grouping as classes, D1 - D4, D5 - D12 and D13 - D16 respectively. It covers from their emergence in the late nineteenth century to their demise in the mid or late 1950s and their performance at their peak operation times, mainly in the inter-war years of LNER ownership. It also includes the former Midland & Great Northern Railway engines that were later absorbed by the LNER as classes D52 - D54.
The LMS Princess Coronation Pacifics, The Final Years & Preservation
The LMS Princess Coronation Pacifics, The Final Years & Preservation - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The LMS Princess Coronation Pacifics, The Final Years & Preservation write by David Maidment. This book was released on 2023-11-30. The LMS Princess Coronation Pacifics, The Final Years & Preservation available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This book follows on from the author’s book on the Princess Coronation pacific locomotives from their construction in 1937 to their operation in 1956. It picks up from the story in 1957 with their operation and performance on the ‘Caledonian’, ‘Royal Scot’ and ‘Midday Scot’ accelerated services of the late 1950s, their continuing heavy work as dieselization of the West Coast mainline is implemented and the sudden withdrawal of the remaining examples at the end of the 1964 summer timetable. Included are the author’s personal experiences and photographs and the descriptions by three Crewe men who fired these engines on the heavy overnight Crewe – Perth sleeper services in the late 1950s, two of whom, Les Jackson and Bill Andrew, drove 6229 and 6233 in the preservation era. As well as their stories of their experiences in BR days, they describe runs with the preserved locomotives and have included photographs from their personal collections. Crewe Works fitter, Keith Collier includes his experiences of their maintenance and the author in conclusion compares them with the finest steam locomotives of France, Germany and the USA.
The LMS Princess Coronation Pacifics, 1937–1956
The LMS Princess Coronation Pacifics, 1937–1956 - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The LMS Princess Coronation Pacifics, 1937–1956 write by David Maidment. This book was released on 2023-06-30. The LMS Princess Coronation Pacifics, 1937–1956 available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This book covers the design, construction, operation and performance of Sir William Stanier’s masterpiece, the Princess Coronation pacific locomotives, better known as the ‘Duchesses’. Included are pen portraits of the LMS engineers, a chapter on the express locomotives of the early LMS period that preceded their introduction and the internal rivalries and politics that Stanier was brought in to resolve. Chapters and photographs cover the streamline era, the war years and aftermath, the early years of nationalization including the 1948 locomotive exchanges and the recovery of performance in the mid-1950s. The author includes some of his own experiences and photographs. The book includes 200 photographs including a few in color from the LMS era, and an appendix with weight diagrams, and statistics of the locomotive construction and withdrawal, names, liveries, allocations and mileages.
