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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.

The illustrations of all the classes, with drawings and weight diagrams, will be of value to the many modellers who construct replicas of the GWR scenes before the Grouping' and the Second World War. Describes and illustrates their operation as well as the more routine portrait' photographs.

The inside story of the restoration and operation of the eight preserved Great Western Castles from the pens of those intimately involved.

The book tackles a comprehensive review of a complex history with many rare or small locomotive classes described, including some unique engines.

Covers the experiences of three Crewe firemen of the late 1950s firing the home depot's Duchesses' on the overnight sleeper trains to Perth. Includes personal experiences of, and photographs by, the author between 1957 and 1964. Contains descriptions and photographs of the preservation of three of the remaining Princess Coronation pacifics.

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'.

Recounts, from 1960, the refreshing of the trains' performance as they were modified with high superheat and double chimneys.

Written by two authors with authentic first hand experience.

L N E R 4-6-0 Tender Mixed Traffic Locomotives covers the design, construction, operation and performance of all 4-6-0 locomotives that ran on the London & North Eastern Railway between 1923 and 1947 and the LNER designed engines that ran on BR's Eastern Region until the end of BR steam in 1968. This includes the former Great Central 4-6-0s of classes B1 - B9 (the B1 and B2 later reclassified B18 & B19); the North Eastern Railway B13 - B16s; the Great Eastern B12s; and the LNER B17s, the Thompson B1s and rebuilds (B2 and B3/3). The book has over 60,000 words and 400 black and white and coloured photographs, many previously unpublished from the archives of the Manchester Locomotive Society at Stockport. It will be of particular interest to railway modellers and enthusiasts of locomotive running and performance as well as those seeking more general locomotive history. The book is designed and written in the same style as David Maidment's previous Locomotive Portfolio books on engines of the Great Western and Southern Railways, and includes where possible his own experiences, seeing and travelling behind engines of these classes in the 1950s and early 1960s, especially the B1s, B12s and B17 'Sandringhams'.

This is a book that looks at the 0-6-0 tender goods locomotives of the Southern Railway