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Great Western Castle Class 4-6-0 Locomotives: Locomotive Portfolio

Autor David Maidment
en Limba Engleză Hardback – 7 feb 2023
Recounts, from 1960, the refreshing of the trains' performance as they were modified with high superheat and double chimneys.
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9781399095341
ISBN-10: 139909534X
Pagini: 184
Ilustrații: 150 colour and 200 mono integrated
Dimensiuni: 257 x 247 x 22 mm
Greutate: 1.03 kg
Editura: Pen & Sword Books
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Descriere

The author's second volume about the Great Western's classic express locomotives covers their final six years in British Railways service. In 1960 the Castles, many now modernised with double chimneys and 4-row superheaters, were still in charge of most of the Western Region's expresses, but by the summer of 1963 their regular express work was limited to the London - Worcester route. Their declining numbers in the last couple of years covered special summer and relief trains, parcels and freight work, deputising for failed or unavailable diesels and a flurry of excursions and railtours where their prowess could still be demonstrated.

The author worked and lived alongside them in these years and the book includes much of his own personal experience on the footplate, on their trains and on shed. The book recaps briefly their first 25 years and covers their history, operation and performance in their final years and is copiously illustrated including over 100 colour photographs.
 


Notă biografică

David Maidment was a senior manager with British Railways, with widespread experience of railway operating on the Western and London Midland Regions culminating in the role of Head of Safety Policy for the BRB after the Clapham Junction train accident.

He retired in 1996, was a Principal Railway Safety Consultant with International Risk Management Services from 1996 to 2001 and founded the Railway Children charity (www.railwaychildren.co.uk) in 1995. He was awarded the OBE for services to the rail industry in 1996 and is now a frequent speaker on both the charity.