Four-Coupled Tank Locomotive Classes Absorbed by the Great Western Railway Maidment David
Four-Coupled Tank Locomotive Classes Absorbed by the Great Western Railway Maidment David This book is a comprehensive history of the four coupled tank engines absorbed by the Great Western Railway -…
Specifikacia Four-Coupled Tank Locomotive Classes Absorbed by the Great Western Railway Maidment David
Four-Coupled Tank Locomotive Classes Absorbed by the Great Western Railway Maidment David
This book is a comprehensive history of the four coupled tank engines absorbed by the Great Western Railway - locomotives of nine Broad Gauge companies, nineteen Standard Gauge companies, mainly in the South West which became part of the GWR between the 1870s and 1914, and a further eighteen companies, mainly in South Wales absorbed by the GWR in 1922 and 1923 at the formation of the 'Big Four' Grouping. The book includes thirty-two weight diagrams and nearly 200 photographs, many of exotic and rare The locomotives described and illustrated range from the 4-4-0 Broad Gauge saddle tanks of the South Devon and Bristol & Exeter Railways to the large 4-4-4 tank locomotives of the Midland & South Western Junction Railway, not forgetting the numerous and varied 0-4-0 pug saddle tanks of the Swansea Harbour Trust and the Powlesland & Mason company.