Locomotives

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£21.95
The Book of the A3 Pacifics

Peter J. Coster    [Publisher:  Irwell Press  2003]    Hardback    164 pages

This is different to the other books in this series in that there is not a complete set of detailed biographies for the class. An appendix shows tabulated key dates and details for all class members, but mostly this book is a spectacular pictorial celebration of a truly great locomotive class. The text recalls their exploits drawing on the personal observations of the author as a lineside enthusiast and also the experiences of engineers who worked with the locomotives.

£14.50
The Bulleid Merchant Navy class original and rebuilt

Hector Maxwell    [Publisher:  Transport Treasury  2020]    Softback    112 pages

A really classy collection of images of Bulleid's wartime mixed traffic design, all taken from the extensive photographic archive of the Transport Treasury. Superbly reproduced and printed, the locomotives are largely shown in their numerical order. The author writes with enthusiasm and includes much detail about the locomotives and quotes his references too, but I find it strange if not a little irritating that for nearly all of the images we are not told who the photographer was. Being hyper critical, the text is a bit verbose and gushy in places and the whole thing could have done with some editing for meaning and sense, but for all that it is far better to have this book in the world than not I think.

£24.95
French Railways Locomotives & Multiple Units 6th Edition

David Haydock    [Publisher:  Platform 5  2016]    Softback    240 pages

A complete listing of all French locomotives and Multiple Units, complete with good quality colour photographs, a detailed and colour coded series of maps of French railways and brief descriptions of individual lines.

£22.50
LBSCR Atlantics

Jeremy English    [Publisher:  Ian Allan  2014]    Hardback    128 pages

A nicely produced and well illustrated book describing the Atlantics in some detail, works drawing are included as is a small but effective section on the project tobuild a new example.

£12.95
Locomotive Testing On Britain's Railways 1901 - 1968

Dave Peel    [Publisher:  Kestrel Publishing  2013]    Softback    74 pages

A non technical but interesting account of locomotive testing on British Railways using dynamometer cars and indicator shelters, work which preceeded the establishment of the Derby test centre in 1967.

£12.99
Locomotives Of The Great Northern Railway

G.F. Bird    [Publisher:  Amberley Publishing  2014]    Softback    160 pages

A reprint of a book published as long ago as 1910, but with a modern introduction. Lots of well known names, Sturrock, Stirling and Ivatt and mainly illustrated by line drawings.

£27.95
Locomotives of the LNWR Southern Division

Harry Jack    [Publisher:  RCTS  2001]    Hardback    300 pages

An account of locomotives as used from opening onwards on "unquestionably the greatest public work ever executed", the London and Birmingham railway, which went on to become the major constituent of the LNWR. The subject was last written about in 1890 or thereabouts and this author has unearthed a wide diversity of primary sources to produce this interesting and thoughtful book. Given the antiquity of the subject the photographic content is impressive and there are side elevations of most classes provided together with more detailed plans of a few locomotives. The whole is well presented and printed on to art paper, and the book also includes a lot of history of Wolverton works, the early railway and the locomotive engineers.

£9.95
Mainline To Industry

Frank Jones    [Publisher:  Lightmoor  1998]    Softback    112 pages

A really fascinating book, profusely illustrated and detailing all the locomotives which were sold out of the ownership of mainline companies into industry. A very wide variety of types were involved and several unique preserved locomotives owe their existence to the phenomenon, for example the Furness Railway Sharp Stewarts, one of which has just been rebuilt into its original form.