The Great Western Railway experienced the trauma and disruption of the end of the broad gauge in 1892 and were faced with equipping the network with suitable motive power especially in Devon and Cornwall where the last track conversion had taken place. West of Newton A... Lees meer.
Great Western Eight-Coupled Heavy Freight Locomotives is the first of a series of Locomotive Profiles to be published by Pen Sword. It will describe the conception design building and operation of the fleet of powerful locomotives built in the first half of the... Lees meer.
Incomplete or missed requirements omissions ambiguous product features lack of user involvement unrealistic customer expectations and the proverbial scope creep can result in cost overruns missed deadlines poor product quality and can very well ruin a project. T... Lees meer.
Designed by G.J. Churchward no. 40 was constructed at Swindon in April 1906. It was Swindon s first 4 cylinder simple engine and was the forerunner of Churchward s famous 4 cylinder Star Class 4-6-0s. Initially built as a 4-4-2 Atlantic no. 40 was named North Star in... Lees meer.
A thorough history of the Metropolitan-Vickers locomotive also known as Class 28 featuring 160 color and black white photos. This book provides an in-depth history of the Metropolitan-Vickers diesel-electric Type 2 locomotives more frequently known collectively as... Lees meer.
Traces the bloodline of its 2-6-0 and 2-6-2T classes . . . a comprehensive history of the classes from Churchward to BR days with excellent photographs. Steam Railway Great Western Moguls Prairies is a volume in Pen Swords series Locomotive Profiles. It describ... Lees meer.
This is an EXACT reproduction of a book published before 1923. This IS NOT an OCR d book with strange characters introduced typographical errors and jumbled words. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages poor pictures errant mark... Lees meer.
British Railways David Maidment presents a pictorial history of the county class trains designed by George Jackson Churchward and F. W. Hawksworth. The Great Western Railway had two classes of tender locomotives named after counties. The first class of two cylinder 4-4... Lees meer.