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  • Great Western Castle Class 4-6-0 Locomotives in the Preservation Era

    Series series Locomotive Portfolios
    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 recounted by David Maidment from the records of the Great Western Society, including the full story of 4079's prolonged stay in Western ... Leer más

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  • Great Western Castle Class 4-6-0 Locomotives, 1923–1959

    Series series Locomotive Portfolios
    The Great Western Castles were one of the most successful locomotive designs of the twentieth century in terms of both performance and efficiency. Designed by Charles Collett in 1923, based on the 1907 Churchward 'Star' class, 155 were constructed almost continuously, apart from the war years, between 1923 and 1950, in addition to fifteen rebuilt 'Stars' and one rebuilt from the Great Bear pacific ... Leer más

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    Series Libro 653 - Shire Library
    It has now been over a century since Frank Hornby invented a toy to amuse his sons and called it Meccano, coining a word which is now known all over the world.Hornby's vision of an educational toy became the basis of perhaps the most successful British toy business of the twentieth century. Meccano has amused generations of children, encouraging many to become successful engineers.Roger Marriott ... Leer más

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  • A History of the Great Western Railway

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  • The Somerset & Dorset Railway Through Time

    de Steph Gillett ...
    Series series Through Time
    The Somerset & Dorset Railway, known as the S&D (said to also stand for ‘Slow and Dirty’ or ‘Serene and Delightful’), ran from Bath across the Mendip hills to Bournemouth on the south coast. Never a high-speed line, the main traffic for the Somerset & Dorset during the winter months was freight and local passenger traffic. In the summer, however, there was heavy traffic as Saturday holiday ... Leer más

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  • A-Z of British Bus Bodies

    de James Taylor ...
    A-Z of British Bus Bodies sets out to offer a first port of call for anyone with an interest in those who built bus and coach bodies in Britain and Ireland between 1919 and 1975. From charabanc to service bus, from luxury coach to municipal double-decker, the sheer variety of public service vehicle (PSV) bodies is astonishing. ... Leer más

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  • The Metropolitan-Vickers Type 2 Co-Bo Diesel-Electric Locomotives

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    Series series Locomotive Portfolios
    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 the "Co-Bo's" due to their unusual wheel arrangement. Twenty locomotives were constructed during the late-1950s for use on the ... Leer más

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  • Railways of the Isle of Wight

    150th Anniversary 1864-2014

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  • Great Western: Saint Class Locomotives

    Series series Locomotive Portfolios
    Churchwards 2 cylinder Saint Class 4-6-0s were arguably one of the most important locomotive developments of the twentieth century. The seventy-seven members of the class were so successful that most of the other railway companies in this country used the same 2 cylinder 4-6-0 formula in the design of their own mixed traffic locomotives. Over the years the Saints saw a number of modifications, ... Leer más

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