This third volume in the series on the Great Western Castle class locomotives focuses on the eight that have been preserved and goes into depth on the reconstruction of three of them the two Tyseley ones 5043 and 7029 described by Bob Meanley and Didcot s 4079 recount... Lees meer.

The gradual growth of the railways in Britain during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries in both passenger and freight traffic saw the requirement for a more powerful and versatile type of motive power mixed traffic locomotives. The construction of Grea... Lees meer.

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... Lees meer.

A history of the man who served as Chief Mechanical Engineer for the Southern Railway and the many locomotives he developed. Oliver Bulleid s locomotives guides the reader in the quest to understand what motivated Mr Bulleid in his work as a senior engineer and manag... Lees meer.

An in-depth look at the British railway company s celebrated class of steam locomotives with more than three hundred photos. Built by Collett in 1927 after pressure to restore the Great Western Railway s pre-eminence in motive power and cope with increasing postwar... Lees meer.

This comprehensive and fully illustrated history presents an in-depth look at the Great Western Railway s various pannier tank engines. Though hauling freight was a vital part of Great Western Railway s history and where it made the majority of its profit there are f... Lees meer.

A detailed look at the nineteenth-century steam locomotive engineer and the ups and downs of his career with numerous photos throughout. Born in Scotland in 1840 Dugald Drummond had a long career in locomotive and railway engineering including prominent positions... Lees meer.

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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.

Although closed to traffic in 1966 with most of its infrastructure swiftly destroyed by British Railways this unique railway line still lives in the minds of many some too young to remember it in its heyday. For more then a hundred years it courted disaster and coul... Lees meer.

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 t... Lees meer.

Descriptions and hundreds of photos of these tank engines that played a major role in Welsh coal mining and passenger rail. After tackling the Great Western Railway s pannier tanks in a previous Locomotive Portfolios volume David Maidment seeks out descriptions and... Lees meer.

A railway historian chronicles the pioneering career of Richard Maunsell with a thorough account of the locomotive classes he built for the SE CR. As the Chief Mechanical Engineer of the South Eastern Chatham Railway from 1913 to 1923 Richard Maunsell brought succ... Lees meer.

This volume covers all the large wheeled outside frame classes of 4-4-0 tender Locomotives that once ran on the Great Western Railway.The book has full details on each of the classes with good quality pictures diagrams names and number lists.This work is also very u... Lees meer.

When Stanier joined the LMS in 1932 as their CME he was expected to breathe new life into this ailing giant. Since its formation it had steadily lost ground to its main rival the LNER. In Doncaster Nigel Gresley and his team with an eye to advancing locomotive des... Lees meer.