Four-Coupled Tank Locomotive Classes Built by the Great Western Railway Hardback
by David Maidment
Part of the Locomotive Portfolio series
Hardback
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This book is a comprehensive history of all twenty-six classes of four coupled tank engines commissioned by the Great Western Railway or built at their Wolverhampton and Swindon Works, from the Broad Gauge 2-4-0 and 4-4-0 tanks of the 1840s and 1850s to the well known Collett 0-4-2 branch line engines of classes 48XX (later renumbered 14XX) and 58XX of the 1930s.
As well as the Broad Gauge engines, the strange looking Covertibles' of William Dean, a number of experimental one-off' designs, the numerous Wolverhampton 0-4-2Ts of the 517' class and the Swindon built 2-4-0 Metro Tanks' are described with - where known - their allocation and operation.
The book includes twenty weight diagrams and nearly 300 photographs, over 50 in colour.
The four-coupled tank engines absorbed by the Great Western from other companies at or before 1923 will be featured in a separate volume to follow.
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In Stock - Less than 10 copies availableFree UK DeliveryEstimated delivery 2-3 working days
- Format:Hardback
- Pages:200 pages
- Publisher:Pen & Sword Books Ltd
- Publication Date:06/03/2023
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- ISBN:9781399022569
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In Stock - Less than 10 copies availableFree UK DeliveryEstimated delivery 2-3 working days
- Format:Hardback
- Pages:200 pages
- Publisher:Pen & Sword Books Ltd
- Publication Date:06/03/2023
- Category:
- ISBN:9781399022569
